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• Sphynx (dated)

語源

From 中期英語 Spynx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “bind tightly, to strangle”). The appurtenance of Egyptian

(šzp, “image, statue, sphinx”) or

(šzp-ꜥnḫ, “living image”) remains unclear.

発音

• IPA: /ˈsfɪŋks/
• 韻: -ɪŋks

固有名詞

the Sphinx

1. An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.

   Synonyms: the Great Sphinx, the Great Sphinx of Giza

2. (Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who dwelt near the city of Thebes in Boeotia and terrorized travelers by posing riddles, killing those who failed to answer correctly; after Oedipus solved her riddle, she committed suicide out of frustration.

   Synonyms: the Theban Sphinx, the Thebean Sphinx, the Sphinx of Thebes

派生語

関連する語

名詞

Sphinx (plural Sphinxes or Sphinges)

1. Alternative letter-case form of sphinx (“a sculpture representing the Theban Sphinx”)
   • 1776, Coryat’s Crudities, page 35:

     In the third, which leadeth to the fonts and walkes, are two Sphinges very curiouſly carued in braſſe […]

名詞

Sphinx f (genitive Sphingis); third declension

1. Sphinx

語形変化

Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, normal variant).

派生した語

• → English: Sphinx
• → French: (unadapted borrowing) Sphinx
• Italian: Sfinge
• Middle French: Sphinge
  • French: Sphinge
• Portuguese: Esfinge
• Spanish: Esfinge

参照

• “Sphinx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Sphinx”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.