sphingion
From LSJ
λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ὁ χρηστὸς φίλος → a true friend is grief's physician, a worthy friend is a physician to your pain
sphingĭon: ii, n., = σφιγγίον>,
I a kind of ape, perh. the dog-headed ape: Simia cynocephalus, Linn.; Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 173; 10, 72, 93, § 199.
