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1 Σφίγγ'
Σφίγγα, Σφίγξrapacious: fem acc sgΣφίγγε, Σφίγξrapacious: fem nom /voc /acc dual -
2 σφίγγ'
σφίγγα, Σφίγξrapacious: fem acc sgσφίγγε, Σφίγξrapacious: fem nom /voc /acc dualσφίγγε, σφίγγωbind tight: pres imperat act 2nd sgσφίγγε, σφίγγωbind tight: imperf ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic) -
3 Σφίγξ
AΦῖκ' ὀλοήν Hes.Th. 326
(where the [dialect] 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.NA16.15, 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. ([place name] Sophronius) in Theod.p.400H.) -
4 σφίγγω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `to bind, to embrace, to jam in'; non-pres. forms almost only hell. a. late (since Emp., A. Pr. 58)Derivatives: 1. Vbaladj. σφιγκτός `bound' (AP, Opp. a.o.). 2. σφιγκ-τήρ m. "binder" (AP, Nonn., of collar resp. fetter), des. muscle closing an aperture (medic. a.o.), also = χιτών. Ταραντῖνοι H. (as closely fitting); Lat. LW [loanword] spinter n. `bracelet' (Leumann Spr. 1, 205 = Kl. Schr. 172); - τωρ of reins (AP); - της = κίναιδος (Cratin., H.), Lat. LW [loanword] spintria m. `id.' 3. σφίγξις ( ἀπό-, διά-, περί-), also ἀπό-σφιξις f. `the binding' (medic. a.o.). 4. σφίγμα ( ὑπό-) n. `obstruction' (Hero, medic.). -- On itself stands, apparently as backformation ("rootnoun") Σφίγξ, - ιγγός f. `sphinx' (Hdt., A., E. etc.), also name of an ape (Agatharch. a.o.). Compp. ἀνδρό-σφιγξ m. `male sphinx' (Hdt.), σφιγγό-πους `with sphinx-feet' (hell.). From it σφιγγ-ίον n. `kind of ape' (Plin., inscr. Praeneste), meaning unclear (Luc. Apol. 1); - ίδιον n. `little sphinx' (inscr.). Besides acc. Φῖκα (vv. ll. Σφῖκα, Φίγγα, Σφίγγα) f. (Hes. Th. 326), Σφίξ, - ικός (Choerob.; also Thess. inscr. VIIa?); Βῖκας Σφίγγας H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: As basis of all forms served the pres. σφίγγω; the nasalless forms ἔσφιγμαι, σφίγμα, ἀπόσφιξις are secondary. -- Isolated. To be rejected Persson Beitr. 1, 399 (with reservation; referee in Bq, WP. 2, 658, Pok. 984). The judgement of Σφίγξ is difficult. The by-forms Φῖκα, Σφῖκα as well as φιγγα = σφίγγα in Pl. Kra. 414 d may be due to folketymological adaptations; cf. also the Φίκιον ὄρος north of Thebes (on it v. Wilamowitz Glaube l. 269). -- The variations show a Pre-Greek word. On the possibility of an Egyptian loan Mac Creedy, Glotta 46, 1968, 250.Page in Frisk: 2,832Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σφίγγω
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Σφίγγ' — Σφίγγα , Σφίγξ rapacious fem acc sg Σφίγγε , Σφίγξ rapacious fem nom/voc/acc dual … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
σφίγγ' — σφίγγα , Σφίγξ rapacious fem acc sg σφίγγε , Σφίγξ rapacious fem nom/voc/acc dual σφίγγε , σφίγγω bind tight pres imperat act 2nd sg σφίγγε , σφίγγω bind tight imperf ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic) … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ωμόσιτος — ον, Α 1. (για τη Σφίγγα, επειδή έτρωγε ωμές σάρκες ανθρώπων) ωμοφάγος («Σφίγγ ὠμόσιτον», Αισχύλ.) 2. (με παθ. σημ.) αυτός που τρώγεται ωμός. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὠμός + σιτος (< σῖτος) πρβλ. φιλό σιτος] … Dictionary of Greek