gryps

Latin

Alternative forms

• grȳpus, grȳphus, grȳpō, grȳphō, grȳfō, grȳffō
• grīps, grīpus, grīfus, grīffus, grīphō, grīfō, grīffō

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡryːps]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡrips]

Noun

grȳps m (genitive grȳpis or grȳpos or grȳphis or grȳphos); third declension

1. griffin

Declension

Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type, i-stem or Greek-type, normal variant, imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems).

Stem: grȳp- singular plural nominative grȳps grȳpē̆s genitive grȳpis grȳpos grȳpium grȳpum dative grȳpī grȳpibus accusative grȳpem grȳpa grȳpēs grȳpīs grȳpas ablative grȳpe grȳpibus vocative grȳps grȳpē̆s

Stem: grȳph- singular plural nominative grȳps grȳphē̆s genitive grȳphis grȳphos grȳphium grȳphum dative grȳphī grȳphibus accusative grȳphem grȳpha grȳphēs grȳphīs grȳphas ablative grȳphe grȳphibus vocative grȳps grȳphē̆s

Derived terms

• grȳpīnus

Related terms

• grȳpus

Descendants

• Asturian: grifu
• Catalan: griu, grif, grifó
• Italian: grifone, grifo
• → Norwegian: gribb
• Old French: griffon, gripun, gripoun
  • → Middle English: griffoun, griphon, grefoun, gryffoun, gryffone, gryffon, grifown, griphonne, gryffyn, griffone, grefyne
    • English: griffin, griffon, gryphon
    • → Welsh: griffon
  • French: griffon
• → Old High German: grifo
  • Middle High German: grīf, grīfe
    • > German: Greif (inherited)
    • → Old Polish: gryf
      • > Polish: gryf (inherited)
        • → Ukrainian: гриф (hryf)
• → Old Irish: gríb
  • Irish: gríobh
  • Manx: greeu
  • Scottish Gaelic: grib
• ⇒ Old Norse: gripr, grípr, grīpʀ
  • Icelandic: grípur (“vulture”)
  • Old Danish: gryp (“vulture”)
    • Danish: grib, gribb (“vulture”)
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: gribb (“vulture”)
  • Old Swedish: griper (“griffin”)
    • Swedish: grip (“griffin”)
• Portuguese: grifo
• Spanish: grifo

References

• “gryps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gryps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “gryps”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• gryps in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “gryps”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “gryps”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from grypsnąć (“to snatch”), from German gripsen. Alternatively, borrowed from German Grips (“wit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɘps/

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• Rhymes: -ɘps
• Syllabification: gryps

Noun

gryps m inan (diminutive grypsik)

1. (prison slang) secret message (clandestine communication between prisoners)

   Synonym: tajna wiadomość

Declension

Declension of gryps

	singular	plural
nominative	gryps	grypsy
genitive	grypsu	grypsów
dative	grypsowi	grypsom
accusative	gryps	grypsy
instrumental	grypsem	grypsami
locative	grypsie	grypsach
vocative	grypsie	grypsy

Derived terms

nouns

• grypsera

verbs

• grypsować impf

Related terms

verbs

• grypsać impf
• grypsnąć pf

Further reading

• “gryps”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “gryps”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Klemens Stępniak; Zbigniew Podgórzec (2013), Słownik gwar przestępczych [Dictionary of criminal slangs] (in Polish), Kraków: Mireki, →ISBN, page 112