συριγμός
συριγ-μός, ὁ,
A). shrill piping sound, hissing, as of serpents, HA 536a6 , 9.3.10 (pl.); in sign of derision, Smp. 6.5 ; as a military signal, Aen. Tact. 24.17 ; ς. καὶ χλευασμοί 30.29.6 ; ς. κάλων the whistling of rigging, Comp. 16 ; of the sound of sibilants, ib. 14 ; hissing in the theatre, Cic. 13 ; of the cry of elephants, An. 5.17.7 ; singing in the ears, 2.78 .