"sphinx" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsfɪŋks/ Audio: en-us-sphinx.ogg [US] Forms: sphinxes [plural], sphinges [plural]
enPR: sfĭngks Rhymes: -ɪŋks Etymology: From Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps either from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”) (whence also sphincter), of Pre-Greek origin, or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Spynx}} Middle English Spynx, {{der|en|la|Sphinx}} Latin Sphinx, {{der|en|grc|Σφίγξ}} Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), {{m|grc|σφίγγω||to squeeze, to strangle}} σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”), {{m|en|sphincter}} sphincter, {{der|en|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek, {{m|egy|šzp-ꜥnḫ}} šzp-ꜥnḫ, {{der|en|egy|šzp-ꜥnḫ|<hiero>Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x</hiero>|divine image|lit=living image|tr=<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">šzp-ꜥnḫ</i>}} Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|sphinges}} sphinx (plural sphinxes or sphinges)
  1. (mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion. Categories (topical): Mythology, Mythological creatures Translations (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal): Σφίγξ (Sphínx) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), أَبُو الهَوْل (ʔabū l-hawl) [masculine] (Arabic), esfinxe [feminine] (Asturian), esfinge (Basque), сфинкс (sfinks) [masculine] (Bulgarian), esfinx [masculine] (Catalan), 斯芬克斯 (sīfēnkèsī) (Chinese Mandarin), 人頭獅身 (Chinese Mandarin), 人头狮身 (réntóushīshēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 獅頭人像 (Chinese Mandarin), 狮头人像 (shītóurénxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), sfinx (Czech), sfinga [feminine] (Czech), sfinks (Danish), sfinx (Dutch), sfinkso (Esperanto), sphinx (Estonian), sfinksur [masculine] (Faroese), sfinksi (Finnish), sphinx [masculine] (French), esfinxe [feminine] (Galician), სფინქსი (spinksi) (Georgian), Sphinx [feminine] (German), σφίγγα (sfínga) (Greek), szfinx (Hungarian), sfinxo (Ido), sfinks (Indonesian), sfinge [feminine] (Italian), スフィンクス (sufinkusu) (Japanese), 人獅 (jinshi) (Japanese), 人頭獅身 (jintō shimi) (Japanese), 獅子女 (shishime) (Japanese), 스핑크스 (seupingkeuseu) (Korean), sfinksas (Lithuanian), sfinks (Malay), स्फिंक्स (sphiṅksa) [masculine] (Marathi), sfinks (Norwegian), sfinks [masculine] (Polish), esfinge [feminine] (Portuguese), sfinx [masculine] (Romanian), сфинкс (sfinks) [masculine] (Russian), сфинга [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sfinga [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sfinga [feminine] (Slovak), esfinge [feminine] (Spanish), sfinx [common-gender] (Swedish), espinghe (Tagalog), สฟิงซ์ (sà-fíng) (Thai), sfenks (Turkish), nhân sư (Vietnamese), sfin [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hisfin [masculine] (Volapük), jisfin [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-sphinx-en-noun-nV9VB21o Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 27 5 5 14 6 3 16 7 17 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal': 71 28 0 1 0
  2. A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person. Categories (topical): People Synonyms (person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret): enigma Translations (person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret): esfinx [masculine] (Catalan), sfinksi (Finnish), Sphinx [feminine] (German), sfinks [masculine] (Polish), esfinge [feminine] (Portuguese), sfinx [masculine] (Romanian), gåta [common-gender] (Swedish), sfinx [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sphinx-en-noun-h697cIDJ Disambiguation of People: 15 41 5 2 1 0 19 1 17 Disambiguation of 'person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret': 23 65 2 7 3 Disambiguation of 'person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret': 23 65 2 7 3
  3. (dated) A mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), formerly classified as a baboon, and called sphinx baboon. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-sphinx-en-noun-HPibrIkl
  4. A sphinx moth. Categories (topical): Ancient Egypt, Egyptian mythology Categories (lifeform): Old World monkeys, Sphinx moths
    Sense id: en-sphinx-en-noun-H4VgDWnq Disambiguation of Ancient Egypt: 2 3 11 31 14 0 17 2 20 Disambiguation of Egyptian mythology: 5 4 10 28 13 0 18 2 20 Disambiguation of Old World monkeys: 8 6 13 27 10 3 12 4 17 Disambiguation of Sphinx moths: 5 4 5 42 5 2 17 3 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 10 34 13 1 9 3 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 5 13 46 8 1 6 5 11
  5. (rare) A sphincter. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-sphinx-en-noun-0ZG-1kgZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: androsphinx, criosphinx, gynosphinx, hieracosphinx Derived forms: Achemon sphinx, Nessus sphinx, satellite sphinx, sphingian, sphinxlike, sphinx moth, Tantalus sphinx, Virginia creeper sphinx Related terms: chimera

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsfɪŋks/ Audio: en-us-sphinx.ogg [US] Forms: sphinxes [present, singular, third-person], sphinxing [participle, present], sphinxed [participle, past], sphinxed [past]
enPR: sfĭngks Rhymes: -ɪŋks Etymology: From Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps either from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”) (whence also sphincter), of Pre-Greek origin, or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Spynx}} Middle English Spynx, {{der|en|la|Sphinx}} Latin Sphinx, {{der|en|grc|Σφίγξ}} Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), {{m|grc|σφίγγω||to squeeze, to strangle}} σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”), {{m|en|sphincter}} sphincter, {{der|en|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek, {{m|egy|šzp-ꜥnḫ}} šzp-ꜥnḫ, {{der|en|egy|šzp-ꜥnḫ|<hiero>Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x</hiero>|divine image|lit=living image|tr=<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">šzp-ꜥnḫ</i>}} Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} sphinx (third-person singular simple present sphinxes, present participle sphinxing, simple past and past participle sphinxed)
  1. (transitive) To decorate with sphinxes. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-sphinx-en-verb-fNezvnTn
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To adopt the posture of the Sphinx. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-sphinx-en-verb-xnPYEM1P
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To be inscrutable, often through silence. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-sphinx-en-verb-lNQdzHXI
  4. (intransitive) To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-sphinx-en-verb-ydFnxU01

Noun [French]

IPA: /sfɛ̃ks/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-sphinx.wav Forms: sphinx [plural], sphinge [feminine]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sphinx f, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|la|sphinx|||g=f|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin sphinx f, {{bor+|fr|la|sphinx|g=f}} Borrowed from Latin sphinx f, {{der|fr|grc|Σφίγξ}} Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=sphinge}} sphinx m (plural sphinx, feminine sphinge)
  1. (Egyptian mythology, Greek mythology) sphinx Tags: Egyptian, Greek, masculine Categories (topical): Egyptian mythology, Greek mythology
    Sense id: en-sphinx-fr-noun-FmpzESUy Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /spʰinks/ [Classical], [s̠pʰɪŋks̠] [Classical], /sfinks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [sfiŋks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”) or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|Σφίγξ}} Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), {{m|grc|σφίγγω||to squeeze, to strangle}} σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”), {{m|egy|šzp-ꜥnḫ}} šzp-ꜥnḫ, {{der|la|egy|šzp-ꜥnḫ|<hiero>Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x</hiero>|divine image|lit=living image|tr=<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">šzp-ꜥnḫ</i>}} Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”) Head templates: {{la-noun|sphinx/sphing<3>|g=f}} sphinx f (genitive sphingis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|((sphinx/sphing<3>,sphinx/sphing<3.Greek>))}} Forms: sphingis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], sphinx [nominative, singular], sphingēs [nominative, plural], sphinges [nominative, plural], sphingis [genitive, singular], sphingos [genitive, singular], sphingum [genitive, plural], sphingī [dative, singular], sphingibus [dative, plural], sphingem [accusative, singular], sphinga [accusative, singular], sphingēs [accusative, plural], sphingas [accusative, plural], sphinge [ablative, singular], sphingibus [ablative, plural], sphinx [singular, vocative], sphingēs [plural, vocative], sphinges [plural, vocative]
  1. sphinx Tags: declension-3, feminine Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-sphinx-la-noun-FmpzESUy Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sphinx meaning in All languages combined (30.4kB)

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          "name": "Mythology",
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          "roman": "ʔabū l-hawl",
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          "word": "أَبُو الهَوْل"
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          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "word": "斯芬克斯"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "人頭獅身"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "réntóushīshēn",
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        {
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shītóurénxiàng",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "word": "狮头人像"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
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          "word": "sfinx"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
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          "word": "sfinga"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "word": "sfinks"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "word": "sfinx"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "word": "sfinkso"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "word": "sphinx"
        },
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sfinksur"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "word": "sfinksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 28 0 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sphinx"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 28 0 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "esfinxe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 28 0 1 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "spinksi",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "word": "სფინქსი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 28 0 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sphinx"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 28 0 1 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sfínga",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "word": "σφίγγα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 28 0 1 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "Sphínx",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Σφίγξ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 28 0 1 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
          "word": "szfinx"
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      "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
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      "code": "et",
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      "word": "sfinksur"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "spinksi",
      "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
      "word": "სფინქსი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
      "word": "人獅"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jintō shimi",
      "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
      "word": "人頭獅身"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shishime",
      "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
      "word": "獅子女"
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      "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
      "word": "스핑크스"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "स्फिंक्स"
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      ],
      "word": "sfinks"
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      "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal",
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      "word": "สฟิงซ์"
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      "word": "jisfin"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
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          "ref": "1986, Andreas Huyssen, After the Great Divide: Modernism, Mass Culture, Postmodernism, page 53",
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          "sphinx",
          "sphinx#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Egyptian mythology, Greek mythology) sphinx"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian",
        "Greek",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/sfɛ̃ks/"
    },
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sphinx"
}

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        "1": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "σφίγγω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to squeeze, to strangle"
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "egy",
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        "tr": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"egy\">šzp-ꜥnḫ</i>"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”) or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”).",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphingēs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphinges",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "sphingos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphingum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphingī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphingibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphingem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphinga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphingēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphingas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphinge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphingibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphinx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphingēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sphinges",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "sphinx/sphing<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "sphinx f (genitive sphingis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((sphinx/sphing<3>,sphinx/sphing<3.Greek>))"
      },
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 1-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Egyptian",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "la:Mythological creatures"
      ],
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        "sphinx"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sphinx",
          "sphinx#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/spʰinks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[s̠pʰɪŋks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sfinks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sfiŋks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sphinx"
}

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