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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 ταῦτα, ἃ βδελύξεσθε ἀπὸ τῶν πετεινῶν, καὶ οὐ βρωθήσεται, βδέλυγμά ἐστι. τὸν ἀετὸν καὶ τὸν γρύπα καὶ τὸν ἁλιαίετον (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 11:13)
  • καὶ ταῦτα οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν. τὸν ἀετὸν καὶ τὸν γρύπα καὶ τὸν ἁλιαίετον (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 14:12)
  • 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)
  • κάνναθρα δὲ καλοῦσιν εἴδωλα γρυπῶν ξύλινα καὶ τραγελάφων ἐν οἷσ κομίζουσι τὰσ παῖδασ ἐν ταῖσ πομπαῖσ. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 19 5:1)
  • τῶν δὲ ἄλλων τὸ μὲν κοινὸν ἀπὸ συγγενείασ, τοὺσ Πομπηϊούσ καὶ τοὺσ Μαλλίουσ καὶ τοὺσ Κορνηλίουσ ὥσπερ ἂν Ἡρακλείδασ τισ εἴποι καὶ Πελοπίδασ, τοῦτο δὲ προσηγορικὸν ἐξ ἐπιθέτου πρὸσ τὰσ φύσεισ ἢ τὰσ πράξεισ ἢ τὰ τοῦ σώματοσ εἴδη καὶ πάθη τίθεσθαι, τὸν Μακρῖνον καὶ τὸν Τουρκουᾶτον καὶ τὸν Σύλλαν οἰο͂́ν ἐστιν ὁ Μνήμων ἢ ὁ Γρυπὸσ ἢ ὁ Καλλίνικοσ, εἰσ μὲν οὖν ταῦτα πολλὰσ δίδωσιν ἐπιχειρήσεισ ἡ τῆσ συνηθείασ ἀνωμαλία. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 1 3:1)
  • 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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