Sphinx

See also: sphinx

§Translingual

Sphinx ligustri

§Proper noun

Sphinx f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae — many species of moths.

§Hypernyms

• (genus): Lepidoptera - order, Glossata - suborder, Heteroneura - infraorder, Ditrysia - division, Cossina - section, Bombycina - subsection, Bombycoidea - superfamily, Sphingidae - family, Sphinginae - subfamily

§Hyponyms

• (genus): Sphinx ligustri (type species), for the many others see Wikispecies

§External links

• Sphinx (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Sphinx (moth)
• Sphinx on Wikispecies. Wikispecies
•  Sphinx on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

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§English

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

§Proper noun

Sphinx

1. (usually with "the") An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.
2. (Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who commited suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.

§Synonyms

• (definite: large statue in Egypt): The Great Sphinx, The Great Sphinx of Giza

§Derived terms

• Sphingian

§Translations

large monument in Egypt

• Arabic: أبو الهول m (ʾabū al-hūl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯芬克斯 (zh) (Sīfēnkèsī)

• Danish: Sfinksen
• Dutch: Sfinx
• Estonian: Sfinks
• Finnish: Sfinksi
• French: Sphinx (fr) m
• German: Sphinx (de) f
• Greek: Σφίγγα f (Sfínga)
• Italian: Sfinge f
• Japanese: スフィンクス (Sufinkusu)

• Korean: 스핑크스 (ko) (Seupingkeuseu)
• Maltese: Sfinġa f
• Norwegian: Sfinksen
• Persian: ابوالهول (fa) (abolhol)
• Polish: Sfinks m
• Portuguese: Esfinge f
• Russian: Сфинкс m (Sfinks)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сфинга f

  Roman: Sfinga f

• Spanish: Esfinge f
• Swedish: Sfinxen

Greek mythological creature

• Danish: sfinks
• Dutch: Sfinx
• Finnish: Sfinksi
• Greek: Σφίγγα f (Sfínga)

  Ancient: Σφίγξ (Sphínks)

• Italian: Sfinge f
• Japanese: スフィンクス (Sufinkusu)

• Norwegian: sfinks m
• Polish: Sfinks m
• Portuguese: Esfinge f
• Russian: Сфинкс m (Sfinks)
• Spanish: Esfinge f
• Swedish: Sfinx c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Alemannic German: ^{(please verify)} Sphinx
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} Sphinx m, ^{(please verify)} Sphingis
• Luxembourgish: ^{(please verify)} Sphinx

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§German

§Noun

Sphinx f

1. Sphinx

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§Latin

§Noun

Sphinx f (plural: Sphinges)

1. Sphinx