sphinx
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sphinx, sphingis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
ape; chimpanzee;; Sphinx;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...morituro placet, Ubi sedit alta rupe semifero dolos Sphinx ore nectens: dirige huc gressus pedum, Hic siste patrem..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...stagna bibit, dum Cadmus arat, dum uicta cadit Sphinx, dum rogat Oedipoden genitor, dum lampade nostra in thalamos..."Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...quiescit, non auida arma uacant, ipsa insanire uidetur Sphinx galeae custos, uisoque animata cruore emicat effigies et sparsa..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...hastilia ferro, aspera uulnifico subter latus ense riget Sphinx. iam regnum matrisque sinus fidasque sorores spe uotisque tenet..."