Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), S, Sagitta, Salpinx

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（σάλπιγξ). The Greek name for the long trumpet, like the Roman tuba, with which

Salpinx.

the signals were given in the army. It was also employed in religious ceremonies. See Tuba.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)