Σφίγξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from σφίγγω (sphíngō, to squeeze, to strangle) (a Pre-Greek word) or from Egyptian



(šzp-ꜥnḫ, living image) or


(šzp, image, statue, sphinx).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σφῐ́γξ (Sphínx) f (genitive Σφῐγγός); third declension

  1. Sphinx, sphinx

Inflection

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: Сфинкс (Sfinks)
  • Catalan: Esfinx
  • Czech: Sfinga
  • Danish: Sfinks
  • Dutch: Sfinx
  • English: Sphinx
  • Estonian: Sphinx
  • Finnish: Sfinksi
  • French: Sphinx
  • German: Sphinx
  • Greek:
    • Σφιγξ (Sfinx)
    • Σφίγγα (Sfínga)
  • Hebrew: ספינקס (Sfinqs)
  • Hungarian: Szfinx
  • Indonesian: Sphinx
  • Italian: Sfinge
  • Japanese: スフィンクス (Sufinkusu)
  • Korean: 스핑크스 (seupingkeuseu)
  • Latin: Sphinx
  • Lithuanian: Sfinksas
  • Manx: Sphinx
  • Norwegian: Sfinks
  • Ossetian: Сфинкс (Sfinks) (Sfinks)
  • Polish: Sfinks
  • Portuguese: Esfinge
  • Romanian: Sfinx
  • Russian: Сфинкс (Sfinks)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Сфинга, Sfinga
  • Spanish: Esfinge
  • Swedish: Sfinx
  • Thai: สฟิงซ์ (sà-fíng)
  • Ukrainian: Сфінкс (Sfinks)
  • Yiddish: ספֿינקס (sfinks)

References

  • Σφίγξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
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