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MorphologyDictionary- Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon
- σίφων, ωνοσ, ὁ,= ἡ καλάμη τοῦ ἀγρίου καλάμου, Gloss.: hence,
tube, pipe
, Aen.Tact.18.10, Anon.Lond.26.51; καλάμινος σ. Dsc.Eup.2.35; esp., 1. 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. b. drainage-tube
for hydrocele, Gal.10.988. c. pump,
PLond.3.1177.129 (ii A.D.). 2. fire-engine
, Apollod.Poliorc. 174.5, Hsch.: generally, service-pipe for water in houses
, Str.5.3.8. 3. water-spout
, Olymp. in Mete.13.15, Sch.Arat.785. 4. αἵματος ἀνδρῶν σίφωνεσ blood-suckers
, i.e. mosquitoes, AP5.150 (Mel.). 5. sens. obsc. for τὸ αἰδοῖον, E.Cyc.439 (s.v.l.). 6. = ῥυπαρὸς ἄνθρωπος, ἢ λίχνοσ, Hsch. 7. εἶδος θηρίου μυρμηκοειδέσ, Id. 8. ὄργανον σκόλοπι ὅμοιον, ἐν ᾧ τοὺς μαρσίππους ἐπισκοποῦσι, Id. (perh. = σιρομάστησ 1). [ῑ in APl.c., Juv.6.310; but ῐ E. l.c. (s. v.l.).]
- William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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