‖ salpinx
(ˈsælpɪŋks)
[Gr. σάλπιγξ; in sense 2 used as mod.L.]
1. Antiq. An ancient Greek trumpet.
| 1865 J. Hullah Transit. Period Mus. 118 The pipe of Pan, the lyre of Mercury, the salpinx [etc.]. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 592/2 The Roman tuba and the Greek salpinx are supposed to be one and the same instrument. |
2. Anat. a. The Eustachian tube. b. The Fallopian tube.
| 1842 Brande Dict. Sci., etc., Salpinx, the Eustachian tube, or channel of communication between the mouth and the ear. [In recent Dicts.] |