1. sphinx - Noun
2. sphinx - Verb
3. Sphinx - Proper noun
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.
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.
Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.
Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.
The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
Source: Webster's dictionaryPity for him who one day looks upon his inward sphinx and questions it. He is lost. Rubén Darío
It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems. Gregory Bateson
The problem of Eternity, of which the face of the Sphinx speaks, takes us into the realm of the impossible. Even the problem of Time is simple in comparison with the problem of Eternity. P. D. Ouspensky
what sphinx of cement and aluminium bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination. Allen Ginsberg
There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth. Friedrich Nietzsche
He unravels the enigmas of the Sphinx. Latin Proverb