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{{LSJ1
|Full diacritics=Σφίγξ
|Medium diacritics=Σφίγξ
|Low diacritics=Σφιγξ
|Capitals=ΣΦΙΓΞ
|Transliteration A=Sphínx
|Transliteration B=Sphinx
|Transliteration C=Sfigks
|Beta Code=*sfi/gc
|Definition=ἡ, gen. <b class="b3">Σφιγγός</b>, Boeot. φίξ, <b class="b3">Φῑκός</b>:—<span class="title">Sphinx</span>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> Φῖκ' ὀλοήν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>326</span> (where the Boeot. form <b class="b3">Φίξ</b> is given by Sch., cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Cra.</span>414d</span>), cf. <span class="bibl">Apollod.3.5.8</span>; on the riddle of the S. guessed by Oedipus, <span class="bibl">Ath.10.456b</span>, Arg.S.<span class="title">OT</span>, A.<span class="title">Frr.</span>235-7, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1507</span> (anap.), cf. Sch.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>45</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.28</span>,<span class="bibl">32</span>; cf. <b class="b3">ἀνδρόσφιγξ; σφίγγες καὶ γρῦπες</b> as ornaments of a precinct of Dionysus, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.79</span>; Sphinxes on a shield, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>471</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of <b class="b2">rapacious</b> persons, <span class="bibl">Anaxil.22</span>, <span class="title">Carm.Pop.</span>46.24,33; <b class="b3">Μεγαρικαὶ σ</b>., = [[πόρναι]], Call. Com.<span class="bibl">23</span>: also of those <b class="b2">who speak riddles</b>, Σφίγγ' ἄρρεν', οὐ μάγειρον <span class="bibl">Strato Com.1.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀφροσύνη . . σ. ἐστιν</b> Cebes <span class="bibl">3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a kind of <b class="b2">ape</b>, found in Ethiopia, <span class="bibl">Agatharch.73</span>, Artem. ap. <span class="bibl">Str.16.4.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span> 8.72</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>16.15</span>, and v. [[σφιγγίον]] <span class="bibl">11</span>. (The form <b class="b3">Φίξ</b> connects the name with Mount <b class="b3">Φίκιον</b> in Boeotia, cf. Sch.Hes. l.c., and is found in Plaut.<span class="title">Aul.</span>701, <b class="b2">Picis divitiis qui aureos montis colunt ego solus supero</b>; cf. Non.p.222 L.; <b class="b3">Βῖκας</b> = [[Σφίγγας]], Hsch. (<b class="b3">Σφίγξ</b> may be a later form); <b class="b3">Σφίξ</b>, gen. <b class="b3">Σφικός</b>, Choerob. (Sophronius) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">in Theod.</span>p.400H.</span>) </span>
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