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|Text=[[Σφίγξ]], [[Σφιγγός]], ἡ.
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|lnetxt=Sphinx Sphingis N F :: Sphinx
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Sphinx</b>: ngis (Gr.<br /><b>I</b> gen. Sphingos, Stat. Th. 1, 66), f., = [[Σφίγξ]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[fabulous]] [[monster]] [[near]] [[Thebes]] [[that]] used to [[propose]] riddles to travellers, and [[tear]] in pieces those [[who]] could not [[solve]] [[them]]; [[usually]] represented [[with]] the [[head]] of a [[woman]] and the [[body]] of a [[lion]], [[afterwards]] also [[with]] the wings of a [[bird]]; or, also, [[with]] the [[head]] of a [[man]] and the [[body]] of a [[lion]], Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77 sqq.; Aus. Idyll. 11, 40; Sen. Phoen. 119; id. Oedip. 92; Stat. Th. 1, 66; Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 35; Hyg. Fab. 67 al.—[[Augustus]] had the [[figure]] of a sphinx [[upon]] his [[seal]], as a [[symbol]] of [[silence]], Suet. Aug. 50; Plin. 37, 1, 4, § 10.—Plur.: [[pedes]] formati in speciem sphingum, Fest. s. v. [[picati]], p. 206.— In a [[lusus]] verbb., Quint. 6, 3, 98.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[species]] of [[ape]], perh. the chimpanzee, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72; Mel. 3, 9; Sol. 27 fin.>
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{{GermanLatin
|dela=Sphinx, [[Sphinx]].
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{{Georges
|georg=Sphīnx, Sphīngis, f. ([[Σφίγξ]]), I) die [[Sphinx]], [[ein]] weibliches [[Ungeheuer]] [[bei]] Theben, das jedem Vorbeigehenden [[ein]] [[Rätsel]] aufgab und den zerriß, der es [[nicht]] erriet; [[bei]] den Ägyptern ([[von]] denen die [[Gestalt]] der [[Sphinx]] entlehnt ist) [[als]] [[ein]] geflügelter liegender [[Löwe]] [[mit]] menschlichen Oberteilen, [[bei]] den Griechen (u. Römern) gew. [[als]] [[ein]] ungeflügelter Löwenrumpf [[mit]] [[Kopf]] u. [[Brust]] [[einer]] [[Jungfrau]] abgebildet, Plaut. Poen. 444. [[Auson]]. edyll. 11, 41. p. 130 Schenkl: griech. Genet. Sphingos, Stat. Theb. 1, 66: griech. Akk. [[Sphinga]], Ov. trist. 4, 7, 17; Ib. 380. Sen. Oedip. 92: Genet. Plur. Sphingum, [[Fest]]. 206, 3. Vgl. [[Sphinga]]. – eine Sph. [[als]] Siegelbild, Suet. Aug. 50. – im Wortspiele, Quint. 6, 3, 98. – II) sphīnx, eine [[Art]] Affen, [[vielleicht]] der Schimpanse (Simia Troglodytes, Gmel.), [[Mela]] u.a. / Nbf. [[Sphinga]], s. [[bes]].
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