gryps

Latin

Alternative forms

• grips, grȳphus, grȳphō

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

grȳps m (genitive grȳpis); third declension

1. griffin

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	grȳps	grȳpēs grȳpes
Genitive	grȳpis	grȳpium
Dative	grȳpī	grȳpibus
Accusative	grȳpem	grȳpēs grȳpīs grypas
Ablative	grȳpe	grȳpibus
Vocative	grȳps	grȳpēs grȳpes

Descendants

• Asturian: grifu
• Catalan: griu, grif, grifó
• Danish: grib
• 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
  • 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

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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gryps in Polish dictionaries at PWN