γρύψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Commonly linked to γρυπός (grupós, curved), which is from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (to turn, twist, bend, wind), related to Old English crumb, crump (bent, crooked), Old High German krump.

Beekes and Klein dismiss an Indo-European origin and instead suggest Pre-Greek; possibly borrowed via Hittite or some other Anatolian medium from a Semitic word related to Akkadian 𒅗𒆕𒁍 (karūbu) and Hebrew כרוב (kerúv).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γρῡ́ψ • (grū́ps) m (genitive γρῡπός); third declension

  1. griffin

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: γρύπας (grýpas)
  • Latin: grȳps (see there for further descendants)
  • Russian: грифо́н (grifón)

Further reading

  • γρύψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • γρύψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • γρύψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • γρύψ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
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