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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Σφίγξ"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "egy",
"3": "šzp-ꜥnḫ",
"4": "<hiero>Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x</hiero>",
"5": "divine image",
"lit": "living image",
"tr": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"egy\">šzp-ꜥnḫ</i>"
},
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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": [
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]
},
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},
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"source": "declension",
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},
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
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"singular"
]
},
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"form": "sphingos",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sphingī",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sphingibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sphingem",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "sphingas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sphinge",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sphingibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
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},
"name": "la-ndecl"
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],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"source": "w"
},
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"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
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"name": "Mythological creatures",
"orig": "la:Mythological creatures",
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"Mythology",
"Fiction",
"Speculative fiction",
"Culture",
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"All topics",
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]
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"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sfinks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[sfiŋks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
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"3": "Σφίγξ"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "egy",
"3": "šzp-ꜥnḫ",
"4": "<hiero>Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x</hiero>",
"5": "divine image",
"lit": "living image",
"tr": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"egy\">šzp-ꜥnḫ</i>"
},
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"name": "der"
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
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"nominative",
"plural"
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"singular"
]
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
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"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"
},
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"name": "la-noun"
}
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"1": "((sphinx/sphing<3>,sphinx/sphing<3.Greek>))"
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"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",
"Pages with 3 entries",
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],
"tags": [
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"feminine"
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"philosophy",
"sciences"
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
"ipa": "[s̠pʰɪŋks̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sfinks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[sfiŋks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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}
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