"Sphinx" meaning in Latin

See Sphinx in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:Σφίγξ|text=+|title=Sphinx|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Σφίγξ", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Sphinx", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="Sphinx"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx). Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Sphinx/Sphing<3.both>|g=f}} Sphinx f (genitive Sphingis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|((Sphinx/Sphing<3.both>,Sphinx/Sphing<3.both.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], Sphinga [alternative, Medieval-Latin]
  1. Sphinx Tags: declension-3, feminine

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "Sfinge"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "Sphinge"
        }
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      "lang_code": "frm",
      "word": "Sphinge"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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      ]
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      "form": "Sphingem",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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