sphinge
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sphinx, sphingis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
ape; chimpanzee;; Sphinx;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...fratres sibi ipse genuit—implicitum malum magisque monstrum Sphinge perplexum sua. Te, te cruenta sceptra qui dextra geris..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...quae noster regat arma Creon, quam celsus aena Sphinge per ingentes Homoloidas exeat Haemon.' sic rudis Antigone, senior..."