Σφίγξ
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰíŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spʰiŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sɸiŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sfiŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sfiŋks/
Proper noun
Σφῐ́γξ • (Sphĭ́nx) f (genitive Σφῐγγός); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Σφῐ́γξ hē Sphĭ́nx |
τὼ Σφῐ́γγε tṑ Sphĭ́nge |
αἱ Σφῐ́γγες hai Sphĭ́nges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Σφῐγγός tês Sphĭngós |
τοῖν Σφῐγγοῖν toîn Sphĭngoîn |
τῶν Σφῐγγῶν tôn Sphĭngôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Σφῐγγῐ́ têi Sphĭngĭ́ |
τοῖν Σφῐγγοῖν toîn Sphĭngoîn |
ταῖς Σφῐγξῐ́ / Σφῐγξῐ́ν taîs Sphĭnxĭ́(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Σφῐ́γγᾰ tḕn Sphĭ́ngă |
τὼ Σφῐ́γγε tṑ Sphĭ́nge |
τᾱ̀ς Σφῐ́γγᾰς tā̀s Sphĭ́ngăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Σφῐ́γξ Sphĭ́nx |
Σφῐ́γγε Sphĭ́nge |
Σφῐ́γγες Sphĭ́nges | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Bulgarian: Сфинкс (Sfinks)
- → Catalan: Esfinx
- → Czech: Sfinga
- → Danish: Sfinks
- → Dutch: Sfinx
- → English: Sphinx
- → Estonian: Sphinx
- → Finnish: Sfinksi
- → French: Sphinx
- → German: Sphinx
- Greek: Σφιγξ (Sfinx), Σφίγγα (Sfínga)
- → Hebrew: ספינקס (Sfinqs)
- → Hungarian: Szfinx
- → Indonesian: Sphinx
- → Italian: Sfinge, sfinge
- → Japanese: スフィンクス (Sufinkusu)
- → Korean: 스핑크스 (seupingkeuseu)
- → Latin: Sphinx
- → Lithuanian: Sfinksas
- → Manx: Sphinx
- → Norwegian: Sfinks
- → Ossetian: Сфинкс (Sfinks) (Sfinks)
- → Polish: Sfinks
- → Portuguese: Esfinge
- → Romanian: Sfinx
- → Russian: Сфинкс (Sfinks)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Сфинга, Sfinga
- → Sicilian: svince
- → Spanish: Esfinge
- → Swedish: Sfinx
- → Thai: สฟิงซ์ (sà-fíng)
- → Ukrainian: Сфінкс (Sfinks)
- → Yiddish: ספֿינקס (sfinks)
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