trumpet

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. σάλπιγξ, ἡ.

silence was proclaimed by sound of trumpet: P. τῇ σάλπιγγι σιωπὴ ὑπεσημάνθη (Thuc. 6, 32).

sound the trumpet, v.: P. σαλπίζειν (Xen.).

the trumpet sounded: P. ἐσάλπιγξε (Xen.), ἐσήμηνε (cf. Euripides, Hercules 830).