σφίγξ

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Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)

Source

French (Bailly abrégé)

σφιγγός (ἡ) :
sphinx, monstre fabuleux avec corps de femme.
Étymologie: σφίγγω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σφίγξ: σφιγγός ἡ сфинкс (род обезьяны в Эфиопии) Diod.