- σαλπίζω
- σαλπίζω (σάλπιγξ; Hom. et al.; LXX; PsSol 11:1; ParJer 4:2; ApcEsdr 4:36; ApcMos; Philo, Spec. Leg. 2, 188; Jos., Ant. 5, 23) fut. σαλπίσω (Lob. on Phryn. p. 191); 1 aor. ἐσάλπισα (Aelian, VH 1, 26; LXX; Jos., Ant. 7, 279.—On both forms s. B-D-F §71; Mlt-H. 257)① to produce the sound of a trumpet, blow a trumpet Rv 8:6–13; 9:1, 13; 10:7; 11:15.—Impers. (X., An. 1, 2, 17) σαλπίσει the trumpet will sound 1 Cor 15:52 (B-D-F §129; Rob. 392).② to publicize someth. with fanfare, to trumpet. ς. is prob. to be taken metaph. (cp. Ps.-Lucian, Ocypus v. 114 ἀλέκτωρ ἡμέραν ἐσάλπισεν; Achilles Tat. 8, 10, 10 ὑπὸ σάλπιγγι … μοιχεύεται=advertises her adultery in public; Synesius, To Paeonius 1 p. 308a τὸ κηρύττειν ἑαυτὸν καὶ πάντα ποιεῖν ὑπὲρ ἐπιδείξεως οὐ σοφίας ἀλλὰ σοφιστείας ἐστί=to trumpet one’s own achievements and do everything for the sake of publicity is not the part of wisdom, but of misused wit; cp. M. Ant. 5, 6 ἄνθρωπος εὖ ποιήσας οὐκ ἐπιβοᾶται=one who does a good thing does not advertise it) in μὴ σαλπίσῃς ἔμπροσθέν σου you must not blow a trumpet before you Mt 6:2 (difft. EKlostermann ad loc.; ABüchler, JTS 10, 1909, 266ff. S. Betz, SM 355–58.).—DELG s.v. σάλπιγξ. M-M. TW.
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