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21 σκληρός
σκληρός, ά, όν, also [dialect] Dor., Pi.O.7.29, Epich.[288], hyperdor. [full] σκλᾱρός Ti.Locr.104c:—I hard to the touch,ξύλον σ. ἢ μαλακόν Thgn.1194
; ἐλαία Pi.l.c.;γῆ A.Pers. 319
, cf. X.Oec.16.11; , etc.2 of sound, harsh,σκληρὸν ἐβρόντησε Hes.Th. 839
;βρονταί Hdt.8.12
;ἡ φωνὴ σκληροτέρα Arist.Aud. 801b38
, al.3 of taste and smell, harsh, bitter, σ. ὕδατα (springing from a rocky soil) Hp.Aër.1; soσκληρότατος ἀὴρ καὶ τόπος Plb.4.21.5
; of wine, dry, Ar.Fr. 579, Dsc. Alex.Praef.;ὀσμαί Thphr.CP6.14.12
([comp] Comp.): metaph.,σ. φράσις D.H.Pomp.2
.4 stiff, unyielding, opp. ὑγρός (lithe and supple),τιτθία σ. καὶ κυδώνια Ar.Ach. 1199
;σκληρότεροι μαστοί Arist.PA 688a27
;σκέλη X.Eq.1.6
; τί τὸ ὑγρὸν τοῦ χαλινοῦ καὶ τί τὸ ς. ib.10.10; of the hair (cf. σκληρόθριξ), Arist.HA 517b11 ([comp] Comp.), al.; σ. δέρμα, σάρξ, Id.PA 665a2, Phgn. 806b22, etc.; of persons, Pl.Tht. 162b, Smp. 196a, Plu.Ages.13, Luc.Salt.21; of dogs, X.Cyn.3.2; τράχηλος ib.5.30; οἱ τὸ σῶμα ς. Arist.Pr. 873a34, al.7 of a wind, strong, Ep.Jac.3.4, Poll.1.110, Ael.NA9.57.II metaph.,1 of things, hard, austere,μὴ τὰ μαλακὰ μῶσο, μὴ τὰ σ. ἔχῃς Epich.
l.c.; ;δίαιται E.Fr.525.5
;βίος Men.522
; τὰ ς. hard words, S.OC 1406;σ. συμφοραί E.Fr.684.3
;σκληρὰ μαλθακῶς λέγων S.OC 774
; τόνος ἀπηνὴς καὶ ς. Plu.Phoc.2; τὸ σ. = σκληρότης, ἡ δίαιτα.. ὑπερβάλλει ἐπὶ τὸ σ. Arist.Pol. 1270b33.2 of persons, harsh, austere, cruel, stubborn, S.Fr.24.7, Pl.Tht. 155e, Ti.Locr. l.c.; σ. ἀοιδός, of the Sphinx, S.OT36;σ. γὰρ αἰεί E.Alc. 500
;ὦ σ. δαῖμον Ar.Nu. 1264
; ; ἄγροικοι καὶ ς. Arist.EN 1128a9;σ. ψυχή S.Aj. 1361
, Tr. 1260(anap.);σ. ἄγαν φρονήματα Id.Ant. 473
; ; σ. θράσος stubborn courage, E.Andr. 261.III Adv., - ρῶς καθῆσθαι, i.e. on a hard seat, Ar.Eq. 783;εὐνάζεσθαι X. Cyn.12.2
.2 hardly, with difficulty, E.Fr.282.9.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σκληρός
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22 σφιγγίδιον
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23 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.) -
24 τέρας
τέρας, τό: gen. [dialect] Ep. αος (not in Hom. or Hes.), [dialect] Ion. εος Hdt.8.37: pl., nom. [dialect] Ep.Aτέραα Od.12.394
, [dialect] Ion.τέρεα Hdt.
l.c.,τεράᾰτᾰ D.P.604
, Q.S.5.43;τέρᾱ A.R.4.1410
, but ; τέρα (quantity not stated) [dialect] Att.acc. to Moer.p.369 P., cf.Ar.Ra. 1343; gen. [dialect] Ep.τεράων Il.12.229
,τερέων Alc.155
; [dialect] Att. τερῶν acc. to Moer.l.c., Thom.Mag.p.348 R.; dat. [dialect] Ep.τεράεσσι Il.4.398
, al.; later , al.: the forms τέρατ-ος, -ι, -α, -ων are Hellenistic, Moer.pp.366,369 P., Thom.Mag.p.348 R. (, al., τεράτων ib.Ps. 104 ( 105).27); gen. sg. τέρως v.l. in Paus.10.26.3: lengthd. metri gr.τείρεα Il.18.485
(= IG42(1).129.9), Arat.692, A.R. 3.1362;τείρεσιν h.Mart.7
; laterτείρεσσι IG14.2461.11
([place name] Massilia):— sign, wonder, marvel, portent,ἡμῖν μὲν τόδ' ἔφηνε τ. Ζεύς Il.2.324
; ᾐτέομεν δὲ θεὸν φῆναι τ. Od.3.173;τοῖσιν.. θεοὶ τέραα προὔφαινον 12.394
;τέρας ἧκε Κρόνου πάϊς 21.415
; Ζεὺς δ' Ἔριδα προΐαλλε.., πολέμοιοτ. μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχουσαν a sign of coming battle, Il.11.4; esp. of signs in heaven, ἀστέρα ἧκε Κρόνου πάϊς.., ναύτῃσι τ. 4.76;ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε τ. μερόπων ἀνθρώπων 11.28
, cf. 17.548; and with pass. Verbs,τ. φανήτω Od.20.101
:—so always when the first syll. is lengthd., v. supr.:—also in Prose,ἢν δὲ χειμῶνος βροντὴ γένηται, ὡς τέρας θωμάζεται Hdt.4.28
, cf. 6.98;τ. πέμπειν X.Mem. 1.4.15
;ἐφάνη Hdt.7.57
;ἐπιγίνεταί σφι τέρεα Id.8.37
, cf. Hes.Th. 744, Pi.O.13.73, etc.; freq. in NT,σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα Ev.Marc.13.22
, al.II in concrete sense, monster, Διὸς τ. αἰγιόχοιο, of the Gorgon's head, Il.5.742; of a serpent, 12.209, h.Ap. 302; δάϊον τ., of Typhoeus, A.Pr. 354; ἀπρόσμαχον τ., of Cerberus, S.Tr. 1098; οὔρειον τ., of the Sphinx, E.Ph. 806 (lyr.); ταῦρον, ἄγριον τ. Id.Hipp. 1214, cf. 1247;ὅλον τ. ὀπτήσας.. βασιλεῖ παρέθηκε κάμηλον Antiph. 172.7
(anap.), cf. Epicr.3.13; used by Cicero of Caesar, Att.8.9.4.2 monstrous birth, monstrosity, Pl.Cra. 393b, 394a, Aeschin.3.111, Arist.GA 769b30, 773a3, Vett.Val.341.13; ὡς ἔθρεψεν ἔκπαγλον τ. A. Ch. 548.III in colloquial language,τέρας λέγεις καὶ θαυμαστόν Pl.Hp.Ma. 283c
, cf. Tht. 163d;τέρας λέγεις, εἰ.. Id.Men. 91d
; 'a marvel' of a cup, Theoc.1.56: pl., of incredible statements, Phld. Mus.p.74 K. -
25 τρίπους
A three-footed, of or with three feet: and so,I measuring three feet,τ. τὸ εὖρος Hdt.3.60
;τ. πλάτος IG12.372.14
, al.; ὅρους.. μὴ ἔλαττον ἢ τρίποδας ib.22.2492.24; τ. [γραμμή] Pl.Men. 83e; ἡ τ. [δύναμις] the side of a square three feet in area, Id.Tht. 147d.II going on three feet, prov. of an old man who leans on a staff,τρίποδι βροτῷ Hes.Op. 533
(but τρίποδι βροτοὶ ἶς οι is prob. cj.);τρίποδας ὁδοὺς στείχει A.Ag.80
(anap.); cf. τριτοβάμων, and see the Sphinx's riddle in AP14.64.III of tables, vessels, etc., three-legged,τ. λέβης A.Fr.1
; ; :—but mostlyIV as Subst., τρίπους, ὁ,1 tripod, i.e. three-legged cauldron, Il.18.344, Od.8.434, etc.;τ. ἐμπυριβήτης Il.23.702
;ὑψίβατος τ. ἀμφίπυρος S.Aj. 1405
(anap.); ἄπυροι τ. tripods untouched by fire, i.e. new, unused, Il.9.122, cf. Paus.4.32.1; used as κρατῆρες, Semus l. c., Phylarch.44J.; given as prizes, Il.11.700, 23.264, al.; as gifts of honour, 8.290, Od.13.13; in Crete used as currency, GDI4969.130; placed as votive gifts in temples, esp. in that of Apollo at Delphi, Th.1.132, SIG 697 L3 (Delph., ii B. C.), etc.;ἡ τοῦ τ. ἀνάθεσις Lys.21.2
; these were then called τ. ἀναθηματικοί, Δελφικοί, Apollon.Lex.; a street at Athens adorned with these gifts was called οἱ Τρίποδες, Paus.1.20.1; or they were preserved in private houses, Pi.I.1.19; they were mostly of bronze, Paus.4.12.8, but sts. of precious metals, even of gold, Pi.P.11.4, Hdt.9.81, Ar.Pl.9, Paus.10.13.9; sts. of wood,ξύλινοι τ. Id.4.12.8
; from a tripod the Delphic Priestess delivered her oracles, E. Ion91 (anap.), Or. 164 (lyr.), Orac. ap. Ar.Eq. 1016, etc.: metaph., ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τ. τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται [ὁ ποιητής] Pl.Lg. 719c: prov., ἐκ τρίποδος λέγειν, i. e. authoritatively, Ath.2.37f; τὰ ἀπὸ τ., τὰ ἐκ τ., Zen.6.3, Diogenian.8.21, cf. Plu.Dem.29.b Τρίπους, name of a work by Nausiphanes, D.L.10.14; of a work by Glaucias the Empiric, Gal.Subf.Emp.p.63B.3 three-legged table, X.An.7.3.21, Plu.Cleom.13; κύκλος τρίποδος the circular top of.., Artem.5.20, cf. 1.74.4 a kind of ear-ring, Poll.5.97.5 a musical instrument, described by Artemoap.Ath.14.637b. (The oldest nom. of stem τριποδ- is prob. τρίπος (q. v.), which comes from τριποδ-ς but was later regarded as an o-stem.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > τρίπους
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26 φάσμα
A apparition, phantom, Hdt.6.69, 117, A.Ag. 415 (lyr.), etc.; φ. ἀνθρώπου spectral appearance of a man, Hdt. 4.15;φ. γυναικός Id.8.84
, cf. Pl.Smp. 179d;φ. νερτέρων E.Alc. 1127
; vision in a dream,ὀνείρων φάσματα A.Ag. 274
, cf. S.El. 644, etc.; φ. νυκτός ib. 501 (lyr.);νύχια φ. E.IT 1263
(lyr.).2 appearance, phenomenon, Pl.Tht. 155a;ἀνατολῆς φ. καὶ δύσεως Epicur.Nat.11.8
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27 χηλή
2 of oxen and the like , cloven hoof,χηλαὶ ποδῶν Id.Ba. 619
(troch.), cf. A.R.2.667; , cf. PA 655b4, 663a29; of Chimaera, E.El. 474 (lyr.).3 crab's claw, Arist.HA 527b5, PA 684a27;ὅ τι ἂν λάβῃ, προσάγεται πρὸς τὸ στόμα τῇ δικρόᾳ χηλῇ καθάπερ οἱ καρκίνοι Id.HA 590b25
: hence,b Astron., Χηλαί, αἱ, the claws of the Scorpion, i.e. the constellation Libra, Arat.89, 232, al., Ptol.Tetr.24, etc.4 poet. pl., talons of a bird, A.Pers. 208, S.Ant. 1003, E. Ion 1208; of the Sphinx, Id.Ph. 808 (lyr.), 1025 (lyr.); of a wolf's claws, Theoc.Ep.6.4, cf. E.Hec.90 (lyr., expld. by Hsch. = γνάθος).II breakwater, formed of stones laid at the base of a sea-wall, mostly in pl., Th.1.63 (ubi v. Sch.), 7.53, X.An.7.1.17;αἱ χ. τοῦ λιμένος D.S.13.78
, cf. D.C.74.10; sg., D.S. 3.44;ἐπαιγιαλῖτις χ. AP10.8
(Arch.).2 spur of a mountain or ridge of rocks answering a like purpose,χ. γὰρ τοῦ Πειραιῶς ἡ Ἠετιωνεια Th.8.90
, cf. Plu.Sol.9, Anon. ap. Suid. s.v. χ. ὄρους.1 in surgery, forked probe, Hp.Morb. 2.33.2 notch of an arrow, Hero Bel.111.1, Hsch. s.v. γλυφίδες; but also (pl.) the claws composing the hook ([etym.] χείρ), Hero ib.2; also the claws or arms of the σκορπίος v, Vitr.10.10.4, 10.11.7.3 rims of the eyelids, Ruf.Onom.20.5 net, plait, Hsch. s.v. χηλευτὰ κράνη. -
28 χρησμῳδός
A chanting oracles, or delivering them in verse; then, generally, prophesying, prophetic, χ. παρθένος, of the Sphinx, S.OT 1200 (lyr.); epith. of Apollo, Epigr.Gr.1023.2 ([place name] Nubia).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > χρησμῳδός
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29 ἀλάστωρ
A avenging spirit or deity, with or without δαίμων, freq. Trag., A.Pers. 354, Ag. 1501, 1508, cf. Men.8 D.;ἀ. οὑμός S.OC 788
;ἐξ ἀλαστόρων νοσεῖν Id.Tr. 1235
;ἀλάστορας ἔχειν Hp.Morb.Sacr. 1
; ἀ. Πελοπιδῶν, prov. of utter ruin, Xenarch.1.3; generally, βουκόλων ἀ. herdsmen's scourge. of Nemean lion, S.Tr. 1092: fem., of the Sphinx, Nicoch. 18;Ζεὺς Ἀ. Orph.H.73
.II [voice] Pass., he who does deeds which merit vengeance, wretch, A.Eu. 236, S.Aj. 374; μιαροὶ..καὶκόλακες καὶ ἀ. D.18.296
;βάρβαρόν τε.. καὶ ἀ. τὸνΦίλιππον ἀποκαλῶν Id.19.305
;ἄνθρωπ' ἀλάστωρ Bato 2.5
, cf. Men.7D., Pk. 408;Διονύσιος ἁπάσης Σικελίας ἀ. Clearch.10
. (Connected with ἀλάομαι by Chrysipp.Stoic.2.47.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀλάστωρ
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30 ἀοίδιμος
ἀοίδ-ιμος, ον,A sung of, famous in song or story, Hdt.2.79, 135, Pi.P.8.59, etc.;προφάταν Id.Pae.6.6
; from Pi. (Fr.76) downwds. a favourite epith. of Athens; ἀ. πόμα a glorious draught, Id.N.3.79, etc.; ἀ. εὐνομίῃσιν famous for his justice, IG7.94 ([place name] Nisaea), cf. Luc.Tim.38, App.BC2.82, etc.: [comp] Sup., Plu.Ant.34:—only once in Hom., and in bad sense, notorious, infamous,ὡς.. ἀνθρώποισι πελώμεθ' ἀοίδιμοι Il.6.358
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31 ἀοιδός
A singer, minstrel, bard, Il.24.720, Od.3.270, al., Hes.Th.95, Op.26, Sapph.92, etc.;ἀ. ἀνήρ Od.3.267
;θεῖος ἀ. 4.17
, 8.87, al.;τοῦ ἀρίστου ἀνθρώπων ἀ. Hdt.1.24
;πολλὰ ψεύδονται ἀ. Arist.Metaph. 983a4
: c.gen., γόων, χρησμῶν ἀοιδός, E.HF 110, Heracl. 403; πρᾶτος ἀ., of the cock, Theoc.18.56.2 fem., songstress,πολύϊδρις ἀ. Id.15.97
; of the nightingale, Hes.Op. 208; of the Sphinx, S.OT36, E.Ph. 1507 (lyr.);ἀοιδὸς Μοῦσα Id.Rh. 386
(lyr.).II as Adj., tuneful, musical,ἀοιδοτάταν ὄρνιθα E.Hel. 1109
(lyr.), cf. Theoc.12.7, Call.Del. 252, IG12(2).443.2 [voice] Pass., = ἀοίδιμος, famous,πολλὸν ἀοιδοτέρη Arcesil.
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32 ἁρπαγή
ἁρπαγ-ή, ἡ,A seizure, robbery, rape, first in Sol.4.13; ὀφλὼν ἁρπαγῆς δίκην found guilty of rape, A.Ag. 534;αἰτέειν δίκας τῆς ἁ. Hdt.1.2
; ἁρπαγῇ χρησαμένους ib.5; ἁρπαγὴν ποιεῖσθαι, ποιεῖν, Th.6.52, X.Cyr. 7.2.12;ἐφ' ἁ. τραπέσθαι Th.4.104
, X.Cyr.4.2.25;τοῦ κρητῆρος ἡ ἁ. Hdt.3.48
: pl., of a single act,συνεπρήξαντο τὰς Ἑλένης ἁ. Id.5.94
, cf. A.Th. 351 (lyr.), Supp. 510; Καδμείων ἁ., of the Sphinx, E.Ph. 1021 (lyr.).II thing seized, booty, prey,τοῦ φθάσαντος ἁ. A.Pers. 752
; ἁ. κυσί, θηρσί, Id.Th. 1019, E.El. 896; ἁρπαγὴν ποιεῖσθαί τι to make booty of a thing. Th.8.62.IV ἐν ἁρπαγῇ σελήνης when the moon is invisible, PMag.Par.1.750. -
33 ἄνδροσφιγξ
A sphinx with the bust of a man, not (as usually) of a woman, Hdt.2.175.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἄνδροσφιγξ
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34 ὄνυξ
A talons, claws, Il.8.248, al. ; so of the falcon, Hes.Op. 204, 205, Ar.Av. 1180 ; so of beasts of prey, Pi.N.4.63, Hdt.3.108 ; of the crocodile, Id.2.68 ; of the Sphinx, E.El. 471 (lyr.); of human beings, nail, Hes.Sc. 266, Hdt.4.64, etc.;τοὺς ὄνυχας τῶν δακτύλων Ar.Av.8
; of horses and oxen, hoof, X.Eq.1.3, Ap9.64 (Asclep. or Arch.): Arist. speaks of the hoof ([etym.] ὁπλή ) as homologous to the nail or claw ([etym.] ὄνυξ), HA 486b20, PA 690a9: metaph.,πρὸς ὀξύν γ' ὄ. πετραίου λίθου E.Cyc. 401
codd. (leg. στόνυχα):—Special phrases:1 εἰς ἄκρους τοὺς ὄ. ἀφίκετο (sc. ὁ οἶνος ) warmed me to my fingers' ends, ib. 159; soἐκ κορυφῆς εἰς ἄκρους ὄ. AP9.709
(Phil.), cf. 12.93 (Rhian.) ; so also ἐξ ὀνύχων from the fingers' ends, ib.5.13 (Rufin.), Plu.2.3c ; but ἐξ ἁπαλῶν ὀ. from childhood, Horace's de tenero ungui, AP5.128 (Autom.).2 ὄνυχας ἐπ' ἄκρους στάς on tiptoe, E.El. 840 ;ἐπ' ἄκρων ἐβάδιζε τῶν ὀ. Macho
ap.Ath.8.349b.3 ὅταν ἐν ὄνυχι ὁ πηλὸς γένηται, i. e. when the model reaches the nail stage, because the sculptor puts the finishing touches to the model with his nail, Polyclit. ap. Plu. 2.636c, cf. Plu.2.86a ; so ἡ δι' ὄνυχος δίαιτα a most careful, close life, ib. 128e ; ad unguem expressit,D.H.
Dem.13 ; σύμπηξις εἰς ὄνυχα a nice fit, Gal.2.737 ;τὰς γωνίας ἐπ' ὄνυχος συμβεβλημένας ἔχειν Ph.Bel.66.37
;πρὸς ὄνυχα τὴν προσκαρτέρησιν ποιεῖσθαι Phld.Rh.1.11S.
; cf.ὀνυχίζω 111
, ἐξονυχίζω.4 ὀδοῦσι καὶ ὄνυξι καὶ πάσῃ μηχανῇ, i.e. in every possible way, Luc. DMort.11.4.5 ἐξ ὀνύχων λέοντα (sc. τεκμαίρεσθαι ) to judge by the claws, i. e. by a slight but characteristic mark, Alc.113, Apostol. 7.57.II anything like a claw,1 fluke of an anchor, Plu.2.247e.2 an instrument fixed by a surgeon to his finger, Hp.Superf. 7, Gal.19.107.3 ὄ. σιδηροῦς tool used for scraping the 'figs' of the συκάμινος, Thphr.HP4.2.1 (pl.) ; also for making incisions to extract gum of balsam, ib.9.6.2(pl.).4 κλιμακίδοιν τοὺς ὄ., τῶν πλαισίων τοὺς ὄ., dub. sens. in IG12.373.208,212, cf. 372 E10.1 the white part at the end of rose-petals by which they are attached to the stalk, Dsc.1.99.2 hypopyon, an accumulation of pus in the eye resembling a nail-paring, Aët.7.30 tit. (pl.), Paul.Aeg.3.22.23.4 veined gem, onyx, LXX Jb.28.16, Aristeas66, J.BJ5.5.7 ;Σαρδῷος ὄ.
sardonyx,Luc.
Syr.D.32 (cf. σαρδόνυξ) ;ὄ. σφραγίς IG22.1388.86
, cf. 12.282.128.5 an aromatic substance, onycha, LXX Ex.30.34, Damocr. ap. Gal.13.226, Dsc.2.8, POxy.1142.4(iii A. D.).6 = ἀστράγαλος VII, Ps.-Dsc.4.61.7 operculum of the κογχύλιον, Dsc.2.8, Gal.13.320, Orib.5.77.1, Paul.Aeg.7.3 ; of the πορφύρα, Dsc.Eup.2.92.8 a shell-fish, supposed female of σωλήν, prob. Lithodomus, Xenocr. ap. Orib.2.58.106 (pl.). -
35 ῥαψῳδός
ῥαψῳδ-ός, ὁ,A reciter of Epic poems, sts. applied to the bard who recited his own poem, as to Hesiod, Nicocl. ap. Sch.Pi.N.2.2 (v. infr.); but usu., professional reciters, esp. of the poems of Homer, Hdt.5.67, Pl. Ion 530c, etc.: also ῥ. κύων, ironically, of the Sphinx who chanted her riddle, S.OT 391. (Prob. from ῥάπτω, ἀοιδή; Hes.Fr. 265 speaks of himself and Homer as ἐν νεαροῖς ὕμνοις ῥάψαντες ἀοιδήν, and Pi.N.2.2 calls Epic poets ῥαπτῶν ἐπέων ἀοιδοί: not from ῥάβδος (cf.ῥάβδος 1.6
) as if ῥαβδῳδός (Eust.6.24, ῥαβδῳδία ib.16).)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ῥαψῳδός
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sphinx — [ sfɛ̃ks ] n. m. • 1553; sphinge 1546; lat. d o. gr. sphinx, sphingis 1 ♦ Monstre fabuleux, lion ailé à tête et buste de femme, qui tuait les voyageurs quand ils ne résolvaient pas l énigme qu il leur proposait. Le Sphinx se jeta du haut d un… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Sphinx — (mask. o. fem., Plural: Sphinxe oder Sphingen) bezeichnet: Sphinx (ägyptisch), eine Figur der ägyptischen Mythologie die Große Sphinx von Gizeh, ein bekanntes Bauwerk des Alten Ägypten Sphinx (griechisch), eine Figur der griechischen Mythologie… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Sphinx — Sphinx, n. [L., from Gr. sfi gx, usually derived from sfi ggein to bind tight or together, as if the Throttler.] 1. (a) In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sphinx — 〈[sfịnks]〉 I 〈m. 1; Pl. a.: Sphịn|gen; umg. a. f. 7〉 ägypt. Fabelwesen mit Löwenleib u. Menschenkopf II 〈f. 7; unz.; grch. Myth.〉 weibl. Ungeheuer mit Löwenleib u. Frauenkopf, das jeden tötete, der sein Rätsel nicht lösen konnte [grch.] * * *… … Universal-Lexikon
Sphinx — SPHINX, gis, Gr. Σφίγξ, γος, (⇒ Tab. V.) 1 §. Namen. Einige leiten diesen Namen von dem griechischen Worte σφίγγινειν, zusammenziehen, her, weil solches Ungeheuer mit seinen Räthseln die Menschen gleichsam verstrickt habe. Casal. de Rit. veter.… … Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon
Sphinx — puede referirse: a los monumentos Esfinge; a la banda Sphinx de Cádiz, España; al gato doméstico tipo Sphynx; al motor de búsqueda para SQL, distribuido bajo licencia GPL v2, llamado Sphinx; al reconocedor de voz CMU Sphinx; [1] la película… … Wikipedia Español
SPHINX — monstrum ex Typhone et Echidna natum, uti tradit Hyginus Fab. Poet. 151. caput et faciem habens puellae, alas vero avium, reliquô corpore canis referens effigiem. Sedem habuisle dicitur in Sphingio monte, qui Sphicium Lycophr. iuxta Thebas, atque … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Sphinx — the Sphinx a) also the Great Sphinx a large, very ancient sphinx which is close to the Pyramids of El Giza in Egypt and is visited by many tourists b) in Greek ↑mythology, a creature with the head of a woman and the body of a lion. She lay… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Sphinx [2] — Sphinx, Name von Steinbildern in Löwengestalt mit Menschenkopf, stehend oder auf einem Sockel liegend, die Vorderbeine vorwärts gestreckt, die Hinterbeine untergeschlagen. Das Fabeltier des (männlichen) S. ist wohl in Ägypten heimisch, wo es als… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Sphinx — Sf rätselhaftes, undurchschaubares Wesen erw. bildg. (16. Jh.) Onomastische Bildung. Nach der Sphinx der griechischen Mythologie, einem Fabelwesen (halb geflügelter Löwe, halb Frau), das jedem Vorbeikommenden ein Rätsel aufgab und ihn tötete,… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
sphinx — early 15c., monster of Gk. mythology, from L. Sphinx, from Gk. Sphinx, lit. the strangler, a back formation from sphingein to squeeze, bind (see SPHINCTER (Cf. sphincter)). Monster, having a lion s (winged) body and a woman s head, that waylaid… … Etymology dictionary