1. σίφων · siphōn — Beekes
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σίφων
siphon
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What it meant
2. σΐφων · siphōn — Chantraine
3. σίφων · siphōn — Frisk
4. σίφων · siphōn — LSJ
= ἡ καλάμη τοῦ ἀγρίου καλάμου, Gloss.: hence, tube, pipe, Aen.Tact. 18.10, Anon.Lond. 26.51; καλάμινος σ. Dsc. Eup. 2.35; esp.,
siphon, used for drawing wine out of the cask or jar, Hippon. 56, PEleph. 5.4 (iii B.C.); καμπύλος σ., τουτέστι σωλήν Hero Spir. 1.1.
drainage-tube for hydrocele, Gal. 10.988.
pump, PLond. 3.1177.129 (ii A.D.).
fire-engine, Apollod. Poliorc. 174.5, Hsch.: generally, service-pipe for water in houses, Str. 5.3.8.
water-spout, Olymp. in Mete. 13.15, Sch. Arat. 785.
αἵματος ἀνδρῶν σίφωνες blood-suckers, i.e. mosquitoes, AP 5.150 (Mel.).
sens. obsc. for τὸ αἰδοῖον, E. Cyc. 439 (s.v.l.).
= ῥυπαρὸς ἄνθρωπος, ἢ λίχνος, Hsch.
εἶδος θηρίου μυρμηκοειδές, Id.
ὄργανον σκόλοπι ὅμοιον, ἐν ᾧ τοὺς μαρσίππους ἐπισκοποῦσι, Id. (perh. = σιρομάστης I). [ῑ in AP l.c., Juv. 6.310; but ῐ E. l.c. (s. v.l.).]
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