SPHINX
\sfˈɪŋks], \sfˈɪŋks], \s_f_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_s]\
Definitions of SPHINX
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
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(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
By Princeton University
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one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
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(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
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On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.
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Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.
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Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.
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The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
By Oddity Software
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In Greek mythology, a winged monster having the head and bust of a woman and the body of a lioness; one whose motives, intentions, opinons, etc., are not easily guessed.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A fabulous monster common to the anc. myth. of the Aryan, Grecian, and Egyptian nations, the so-called Egyptian sphinx being represented as a winged lion with a human head and bust, always in a lying attitude, the Greek sphinx being represented in any attitude which might suit the fancy of the poet; a fabulous creature near Thebes that used to propose riddles to travellers, and tear to pieces those who could not solve them, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion and the face and breast of a young woman; the generic name of the hawk-moths, so called because the attitude of the caterpillar resembles that of the Egyptian sphinx.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin, Greek] A fabulous monster usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman -it proposed riddles and put to death all who were unable to solve them:-a genus of lepidopterous insects including the hawk-moths.
