gryps

Latin

Alternative forms

• gryphus, grȳphus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡryps/, [ɡrʏps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡrips/, [ɡrips]

Noun

gryps m (genitive grypis); third declension

1. griffin

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gryps	grypēs
Genitive	grypis	grypium
Dative	grypī	grypibus
Accusative	grypem	grypēs grypīs
Ablative	grype	grypibus
Vocative	gryps	grypēs

Descendants

• Asturian: grifu
• Catalan: griu, grif
• Danish: grib
• Italian: grifo, grifone
• Norwegian: gribb
• Old French: griffon, gripun, gripoun
  • Middle English: griffoun, griphon, grefoun, gryffoun, gryffone, gryffon, grifown, griphonne, gryffyn, griffone, grefyne
    • English: griffin, griffon, gryphon
  • French: griffon
• Old High German: grifo
  • Middle High German: grīfe
    • German: Greif
• Old Irish: gríb
  • Irish: gríobh
  • Manx: greeu
  • Scottish Gaelic: grib
• 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 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