σαλπιγκτής

English (LSJ)

οῦ, ὁ,

   A trumpeter, Th.6.69, X.An. 4.3.29, Ascl.Tact.2.9, 6.3, etc.; this spelling has the best MS. authority and occurs in Phld.Rh.2.299 S., but has not been found in Att. Inscrr.; σαλπικτής, SIG153.68 (Delos, iv B.C.), IG3.1288, POxy.519.16 (ii A.D.), etc.; Boeot. σαλπικτάς IG7.1773 (Thespiae, ii A.D.), σαλπιγκτάς ib.3195 (Orchom., i B.C.); later σαλπιστής, ib.9(2).525.4 (Thessaly, ii B.C.), 3.1285 (Attica, i A.D.), 7.3196 (Orchom. Boeot.), Sammelb.4591.3, etc.; also in Plb.1.45.13, D.H.4.17, Apoc.18.22, etc.    2 = ὄρνις ὁμοίως σάλπιγγι φθεγγόμενος, Phot.; = ὀρχίλος, Hsch.