sphingion
From LSJ
προγράψαντες οὖν τά τε θεωρήματα καὶ τὰ ἐπιτάγματα τὰ χρεῖαν ἔχοντα εἰς τὰς ἀποδείξιας αὐτῶν μετὰ ταῦτα γραψοῦμές τοι τὰ προκείμενα → having therefore written at the beginning the theorems and the postulates that are necessary for their proofs, we will then write out for you the propositions
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.
