gryllus
See also: Gryllus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Either borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “performer in an Egyptian dance, comic figure, caricature”), or onomatopoetic in origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡryːl.lus/, [ˈɡryːlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡril.lus/, [ˈɡrilːus]
Noun
grȳllus m (genitive grȳllī); second declension
- cricket, grasshopper
- (art) a comic figure
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | grȳllus | grȳllī |
Genitive | grȳllī | grȳllōrum |
Dative | grȳllō | grȳllīs |
Accusative | grȳllum | grȳllōs |
Ablative | grȳllō | grȳllīs |
Vocative | grȳlle | grȳllī |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “gryllus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gryllus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “gryllus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “gryllus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray