ἀνδρόσφιγξ

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οἷς πρόθεσίς ἐστιν ἀδικεῖν, παρ' αὐτοῖς οὐδὲ δικαία ἀπολογία ἰσχύει → not even a just excuse means anything to those bent on injustice | the tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny | any excuse will serve a tyrant

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Full diacritics: ἀνδρόσφιγξ Medium diacritics: ἀνδρόσφιγξ Low diacritics: ανδρόσφιγξ Capitals: ΑΝΔΡΟΣΦΙΓΞ
Transliteration A: andrósphinx Transliteration B: androsphinx Transliteration C: androsfigks Beta Code: a)ndro/sfigc

English (LSJ)

ιγγος, ὁ, (ἀνδρόσφιγξ or ἄνδροσφιγξ)

   A sphinx with the bust of a man, not (as usually) of a woman, Hdt.2.175.

German (Pape)

[Seite 219] ιγγος, ὁ, Mannsphinx, an denen der Kopf u. die Brust männlich ist, die gew. weiblich dargestellt wurden, Her. 2, 175.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀνδρόσφιγξ: -ιγγος, ὁ, ἡ ἄρρην σφίγξ, ἔχουσα δηλ. προτομὴν ἀνδρὸς καὶ οὐχὶ ὡς συνήθως γυναικός, Ἡρόδ. 2. 175.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ιγγος (ὁ) :
sphinx à tête d’homme.
Étymologie: ἀνήρ, σφίγξ.

Spanish (DGE)

-ιγγος, ὁ
esfinge masculina ἀνδρόσφιγγας περιμήκεας ἀνέθηκε Hdt.2.175.

Greek Monolingual

ἄνδροσφιγξ, ἡ (Α)
Σφίγγα με πρόσωπο άνδρα.

Greek Monotonic

ἀνδρόσφιγξ: -ιγγος, ὁ (ἀνήρ), ανθρώπινη σφίγγα με κορμό ανδρός, όχι (όπως συνήθως) γυναίκας, σε Ηρόδ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀνδρόσφιγξ: ιγγος ὁ андросфинкс, т. е. сфинкс с головой мужчины Her.

Middle Liddell

ἀνήρ
a man-sphinx, sphinx with the bust of a man, not (as usually) of a woman, Hdt.