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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

  • καὶ ἐπεὶ γρὺψ ὑπόπτερον θηρίον ἢ φοῖνιξ ὄρνεον ἐν Ἰνδοῖσ ἀθέατον τοῖσ ἄλλοισ, ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο ἑώρων ἄν, καὶ τὰσ πηγὰσ δὲ τὰσ Νείλου μόνοσ ἂν ἠπιστάμην καὶ ὅσον τῆσ γῆσ ἀοίκητον, καὶ εἴ τινεσ ἀντίποδεσ ἡμῖν οἰκοῦσι τὸ νότιον τῆσ γῇσ ἡμίτομον ἔχοντεσ. (Lucian, 74:5)
  • κρατῆρε μὲν πρώτιστον ἀργυρὼ δύο, φιάλασ δὲ πεντήκοντα, δέκα δὲ κυμβία, ῥέοντα δώδεχ’, ὧν τὰ μὲν δέκ’ ἀργυρᾶ ἦν, δύο δὲ χρυσᾶ, γρύψ,1 τὸ δ’ ἕτερον Πήγασοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 953)

Synonyms

  1. griffin

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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