σαλπίζω
Etym. Deriv. uncertain.
"to sound the trumpet, give signal by trumpet", Xen.: c. acc. cogn., σα. ῥυθμούς id=Xen.; cf. ἀνακλητικός: metaph., ἀμφὶ δὲ σάλπιγξεν οὐρανός heaven "trumpeted" around, of thunder as if a signal for battle, Il.:—impers., ἐπεὶ ἐσάλπιγξε (sc. ὁ σαλπιγκτής) when "the trumpet sounded", Xen.