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σφιγγία

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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145
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Full diacritics: σφιγγία Medium diacritics: σφιγγία Low diacritics: σφιγγία Capitals: ΣΦΙΓΓΙΑ
Transliteration A: sphingía Transliteration B: sphingia Transliteration C: sfiggia Beta Code: sfiggi/a

English (LSJ)

ἡ, greed, LXX Si.11.18, perhaps f.l. for σκνιφία.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1051] ἡ, Geiz, Knickerei, Sirach.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σφιγγία: ἡ, πλεονεξία, φιλαργυρία, Ἑβδ. (Σειράχ. ΙΑ΄, 18), ἴσως παρεφθαρμένον ἀντὶ σκνιφία. ΙΙ. εἶδος πιθήκου, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 6131b, πρβλ. Πλίν. 6. 34, κ. ἀλλ.

Greek Monolingual

ἡ, Α
φιλαργυρία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Πρόκειται πιθ. για εσφ. γρφ. του τ. σκνιφία].