Σφίγξ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”) (a Pre-Greek word) or from Egyptian

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(šzp-ꜥnḫ, “living image”) or

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(šzp, “image, statue, sphinx”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σφῐ́γξ • (Sphínx) f (genitive Σφῐγγός); third declension

  1. Sphinx, sphinx

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Σφῐ́γξ; τῆς Σφῐγγός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Σφῐ́γξ
hē Sphínx 		τὼ Σφῐ́γγε
tṑ Sphínge 		αἱ Σφῐ́γγες
hai Sphínges
Genitive τῆς Σφῐγγός
tês Sphingós 		τοῖν Σφῐγγοῖν
toîn Sphingoîn 		τῶν Σφῐγγῶν
tôn Sphingôn
Dative τῇ Σφῐγγῐ́
têi Sphingí 		τοῖν Σφῐγγοῖν
toîn Sphingoîn 		ταῖς Σφῐγξῐ́ / Σφῐγξῐ́ν
taîs Sphinxí(n)
Accusative τὴν Σφῐ́γγᾰ
tḕn Sphínga 		τὼ Σφῐ́γγε
tṑ Sphínge 		τᾱ̀ς Σφῐ́γγᾰς
tā̀s Sphíngas
Vocative Σφῐ́γξ
Sphínx 		Σφῐ́γγε
Sphínge 		Σφῐ́γγες
Sphínges
Notes:

Descendants

References

  • “Σφίγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
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