simple past tense and past participle of sphinx

plural of sphinx

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sphinx

(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.

To decorate with sphinxes. / To adopt the posture of the Sphinx. / To be inscrutable, often through silence. / To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.

(mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal (commonly a lion). / A person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.

present participle of sphinx

A moth of the family Sphingidae; a hawk moth.

Eumorpha satellitia, a moth of the family Sphingidae.

plural of satellite sphinx