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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰǐːks/ → /ɸiks/ → /fiks/
Proper noun
Φῑ́ξ • (Phī́x) f (genitive Φῑκός); third declension
- Boeotian form of Σφίγξ (Sphínx)
750 BCE – 650 BCE,
Hesiod,
Theogony 326–327:
- ἣ δ’ ἄρα Φῖκ’ ὀλοὴν τέκε Καδμείοισιν ὄλεθρον
Ὅρθῳ ὑποδμηθεῖσα Νεμειαῖόν τε λέοντα- hḕ d’ ára Phîk’ oloḕn téke Kadmeíoisin ólethron
Hórthōi hupodmētheîsa Nemeiaîón te léonta - But then she, subdued by Orthus, gave birth to the ruinous Sphinx, a plague to the Cadmeans, and the Nemean lion
Declension