Σφίγξ
Σφίγξ,
ἡ, gen.
Σφιγγός, Boeot.
φίξ,
Φῑκός:—
Sphinx,
A). Φῖκ’ ὀλοήν Hes. Th. 326 (where the Boeot. form
Φίξ is given by Sch., cf.
Pl. Cra. 414d ), cf.
Apollod. 3.5.8 ; on the riddle of the
S. guessed by Oedipus,
Ath. 10.456b , Arg.
S. OT ,
A. Frr. 235 -
7 ,
E. Ph. 1507 (anap.), cf. Sch.
E. Ph. 45 ,
Str. 17.1.28 ,
32 ; cf.
ἀνδρόσφιγξ; σφίγγες καὶ γρῦπες as ornaments of a precinct of Dionysus,
Hdt. 4.79 ; Sphinxes on a shield,
E. El. 471 (lyr.).
2). metaph. of
rapacious persons,
Anaxil. 22 ,
Carm.Pop. 46.24 ,
33 ;
Μεγαρικαὶ ς., =
πόρναι ,
Call. Com.
23 : also of those
who speak riddles,
Σφίγγ’ ἄρρεν’, οὐ μάγειρον Strato Com. 1.1 ;
ἡ ἀφροσύνη .. ς. ἐστιν Cebes
3 .
II). a kind of
ape, found in Ethiopia,
Agatharch. 73 ,
Artem. ap.
Str. 16.4.16 ,
Plin. HN 8.72 ,
Ael. NA 16.15 , and v.
σφιγγίον 11 . (The form
Φίξ connects the name with Mount
Φίκιον in Boeotia, cf. Sch.
Hes. l.c., and is found in
Plaut. Aul. 701 ,
Picis divitiis qui aureos montis colunt ego solus supero; cf. Non.
p.222 L.;
Βῖκας =
Σφίγγας ,
Hsch. (
Σφίγξ may be a later form);
Σφίξ, gen.
Σφικός,
Choerob. (Sophronius)
in Theod. p.400H. )
ShortDef
Sphinx
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
σφίγξ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σφιγξ
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-101696
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">Σφίγξ</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, gen. <span class="foreign greek">Σφιγγός</span>, Boeot. <span class="orth greek">φίξ</span>, <span class="foreign greek">Φῑκός</span>:—<span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sphinx</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">Φῖκ’ ὀλοήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:326" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:326/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 326 </a> (where the Boeot. form <span class="foreign greek">Φίξ</span> is given by Sch., cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:414d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:414d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 414d </a>), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:5:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:5:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apollod.</span> 3.5.8 </a>; on the riddle of the <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> </span> guessed by Oedipus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:456b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10.456b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 10.456b </a>, Arg.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Frr.</span> 235 </span>-<span class="bibl"> 7 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1507" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1507/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1507 </a> (anap.), cf. Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 45 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:1:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 17.1.28 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:32/canonical-url/"> 32 </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἀνδρόσφιγξ; σφίγγες καὶ γρῦπες</span> as ornaments of a precinct of Dionysus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.79 </a>; Sphinxes on a shield, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:471" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:471/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 471 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rapacious</span> persons, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0406.tlg001:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0406.tlg001:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxil.</span> 22 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Carm.Pop.</span> 46.24 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 33 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">Μεγαρικαὶ ς.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">πόρναι</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> </span> Com.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0147.tlg001:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0147.tlg001:23/canonical-url/"> 23 </a>: also of those <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">who speak riddles</span>, <span class="quote greek">Σφίγγ’ ἄρρεν’, οὐ μάγειρον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0507.tlg001:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0507.tlg001:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Strato Com.</span> 1.1 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἀφροσύνη .. ς. ἐστιν</span> Cebes <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0507.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0507.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ape</span>, found in Ethiopia, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0067.tlg001:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0067.tlg001:73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Agatharch.</span> 73 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Artem.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:4:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:4:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 16.4.16 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:8:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:8.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HN</span> 8.72 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:16:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:16.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 16.15 </a>, and v. <span class="ref greek">σφιγγίον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>. (The form <span class="foreign greek">Φίξ</span> connects the name with Mount <span class="foreign greek">Φίκιον</span> in Boeotia, cf. Sch.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> </span> l.c., and is found in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plaut.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aul.</span> 701 </span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Picis divitiis qui aureos montis colunt ego solus supero</span>; cf. Non.<span class="bibl"> p.222 </span> L.; <span class="foreign greek">Βῖκας</span> = <span class="ref greek">Σφίγγας</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> (<span class="foreign greek">Σφίγξ</span> may be a later form); <span class="foreign greek">Σφίξ</span>, gen. <span class="foreign greek">Σφικός</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Choerob.</span> </span> (Sophronius) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4093.tlg001:p.400H" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4093.tlg001:p.400H/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Theod.</span> p.400H. </a>)</div> </div><br><br>'}