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salpinx, ingis, f. (σάλπιγξ) = tuba, Serv. de cent. metr. 464, 11 K. Not. Tir. 107, 3.

salpinx [LL < σάλπιγξ] 1 trumpet or sim. instrument (freq. in mil. context; also in fig. context); b (w. ref. to Dan. iii 5); c (w. ref. to Jos. vi 8); d (w. ref. to trumpet announcing Day of Judgement, cf. Apoc. xi); e (fig., of agent that announces or warns). ~pix [vv. ll. ~pex, sappex] Aldh. Aen. 68 (Salpix) tit.; salpix et sorbet ventosis flatibus auras Ib. 96 (Elefans) 4; his [virtutum agminibus] adversantur vitiorum castra ‥ / dum vexilla ferunt et clangit classica salpix Id. VirgV 2459; proelia si fremitent conclamet et hostica salpix / truxque cruenta citet miles in arma suos (MS BL Royal 2 A xx f. 39) Cerne 217 (= PL CI 1397B (‘Oratio Bedae’)); 9‥ ~ix, byme WW; non ibidem buccinae sonitus audita est, vel ~pinx joculatoris Byrht. V. Osw. 438. b horrendus ~picum [gl.: i. tubarum, tubicinatorum, sargana] clangor Aldh. VirgP 21 (= GlC S 42); sambuca salpicibus respondet musica crebris Id. VirgV 374; non horrendus ~picum clangor ‥ audiebatur ‥ sicut princeps Chaldei regni fecit Byrht. V. Ecgwini 379 (recte 369). c sonantibus septem sacerdotum ~picibus [v. l. ~pacibus] Aldh. Met. 2 p. 70. d pausat ‥ corpore praesul / praemia sumpturus cum clanget classica salpix / [vv. ll. salpinx, †salpin] / ultima dum priscis labuntur tempora saeclis Aldh. CE 4. 5. 18; dum salpix crepat ‥ / adventante Deo qui cunctis praemia pensat Id. VirgV 280; 931 magna examinationis die, stridula clangente archangeli ~pice CS 677. e caelestis tubae clangor et supernae ~picis classica ‥ dicentis, ‘non recedat liber legis de ore tuo’ [= Jos. 1 8] Aldh. PR 142 (143) p. 203; resultantibus apostolicae salpicis [gl.: i. tubis, byman clangoribus] Id. VirgP 57; tu Leo ‥ / doctor ‥ pius, Christi clarissima salpix Alcuin Carm. 15. 3. 2 (in gl.) hornpipe. ~po, i. cornubium, A. an hornpype WW.

salpinx, ingis, f. (σάλπιγξ), une trompette : Serv. Cent. metr. 464, 21 ; N. Tir. 173.

, , Tuba, ex Græc. σάλπιγξ. Althelmus de Octo principalibus vitiis : Dum vexilla ferunt, et clangit classica Salpix. Idem de Virginitate : Cornua rauca sonant, et Salpix classica clangit. Idem de Virgin. lib. 3. cap. 5 : Horrendus Salpicum clangor increpuisset. Alcuinus Poem. 8 : Præmia sumpturus cum clanget classica Salpix. Et Poem. 189 : Doctor in orbe pius, Christi clarissima Salpix. Fulcherius Carnot. lib. 3. Hist. Hieros. cap. 50 : Salpices et cornua vehementer concrepabant. Incerti Poetæ versus apud Mabillon. tom. 4. Analect. pag. 529 : Ut cum vivificet Salpinx hanc ultima carne, Integrum facias gaudia bina frui.

Salpinx

(σάλπιγξ). The Greek name for the long trumpet, like the Roman tuba, with which the signals were given in the army. It was also employed in religious ceremonies. See tuba.

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