sipho

sīpho (-on; in many MSS. also written sīfo), ōnis, m., = σίφων (a small pipe).

• A siphon (called also diabetes): sipho, quem diabeten vocant mechanici, Col. 3, 10, 2; 9, 14, 15; Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23; Sen. Q. N. 2, 16; Plin. 2, 65, 66, § 166; 32, 10, 42, § 124; Luc. 7, 156; Juv. 6, 310.—
• • • 2 A little pipe to suck drinks through, a drinking-tube, Cels. 1, 8 fin.—
• II A kind of fireengine, Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 18; Plin. Ep. 10, 42, 2; Isid. 20, 6, 9.

sīpho (sīpo), ōnis, m. (σίφων), die Röhre, I) der gerade Heber, Doppelheber, griech. διαβήτης, Sen. nat. qu. 2, 16. Plin. 2, 166. Iuven. 6, 310. – II) die Spritze, Feuerspritze, Sen. contr. 10. paef. § 9. Plin. ep. 10, 33 (42), 2 (wo Keil sipo). Ulp. dig. 33, 7, 12. § 18. Isid. orig. 20, 6, 9 (wo Nom. siphon).

sipho [CL < σίφων], sort of vessel (with a spout). in popina ‥ mulgaria ‥ pelves, scyphones [ed. Scheler: †simplones; Teaching Latin: †simphones; gl.: basynz de arem, gates, bacines] Balsh. Ut. 51; ~on vas est, appellatum eo quod sufflando aquas fundat, nam talibus vasis funguntur orientales ‥ currunt enim cum ~onibus plenis aque, quando sentiunt domum ardere et extinguunt incendia, cum eisdem etiam mundant aras aquis expersis ad superiora Bart. Angl. XIX 129.

sīphō, (15) ōnis, m. (σίφων), ¶ 1 siphon [grec διαβήτης] : Sen. Nat. 2, 16 ; Col. Rust. 3, 10, 2 ; Plin. 2, 166 ¶ 2 pompe à incendie : Plin. Min. Ep. 10, 33, 2 ¶ 3 petit tube : Cels. Med. 1, 8 ¶ 4 jet [dʼun liquide] : Juv. 6, 310.

sipho , onis. m.
激桶。水梘。水眼。

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sīphō ōnis, n

• , σίφων, a siphon, Iu.

Sipho

or Sipo (σίφων). (1) A siphon; a pipe through which the water is made to rise by its own pressure. The principle of the siphon was used for fountains and for drawing liquids from casks (Pliny H. N. ii. 66; Pollux, vi. 2). The siphon is of great antiquity, having been used by the ancient Egyptians, as is seen by paintings on the monuments. (See illustration under Aegyptus, p. 26.)

(2) The name was also applied to a sort of fire-engine constructed on the principle of the siphon, as elaborated by Ctesibius of Alexandria, and which is described and illustrated in the article Ctesibica machina. See also Pliny, Epist. x. 35; Isidor. Orig. xx. 6; Dig. 32, 7, 12.