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γρύψ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γρύψ γρυπός

Structure: γρυπ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: grupo/s

Sense

  1. griffin

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἦν οἱ ἐν Βορυσθενεϊτέων τῇ πόλι οἰκίησ μεγάλησ καὶ πολυτελέοσ περιβολή, τῆσ καὶ ὀλίγῳ τι πρότερον τούτων μνήμην εἶχον, τὴν πέριξ λευκοῦ λίθου σφίγγεσ τε καὶ γρῦπεσ ἕστασαν· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 79 2:1)
  • μέσῳ μὲν οὖν ἐπίκειταί οἱ τῷ κράνει Σφιγγὸσ εἰκών ‐ ἃ δὲ ἐσ τὴν Σφίγγα λέγεται, γράψω προελθόντοσ ἐσ τὰ Βοιώτιά μοι τοῦ λόγου ‐ , καθ’ ἑκάτερον δὲ τοῦ κράνουσ γρῦπέσ εἰσιν ἐπειργασμένοι. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 24 9:2)
  • τὸν δὲ χρυσόν, ὃν φυλάσσουσιν οἱ γρῦπεσ, ἀνιέναι τὴν γῆν· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 24 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. griffin

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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