γρύλλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Deemed an Egyptian word by Phrynichus (tragic poet). According to Beekes, there is no relation between this word and γρῦλος (grûlos, “pig, porker”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡrýl.los/ → /ˈɣryl.los/ → /ˈɣri.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡrýl.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡryl.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣryl.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣryl.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣri.los/

Noun

γρύλλος • (grúllos) m (genitive γρύλλου); second declension

1. kind of dance performed in Egypt
2. performer in such a dance
3. comic figure, caricature

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γρῠ́λλος; τοῦ γρῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γρῠ́λλος ho grúllos	τὼ γρῠ́λλω tṑ grúllō	οἱ γρῠ́λλοι hoi grúlloi
Genitive	τοῦ γρῠ́λλου toû grúllou	τοῖν γρῠ́λλοιν toîn grúlloin	τῶν γρῠ́λλων tôn grúllōn
Dative	τῷ γρῠ́λλῳ tôi grúllōi	τοῖν γρῠ́λλοιν toîn grúlloin	τοῖς γρῠ́λλοις toîs grúllois
Accusative	τὸν γρῠ́λλον tòn grúllon	τὼ γρῠ́λλω tṑ grúllō	τοὺς γρῠ́λλους toùs grúllous
Vocative	γρῠ́λλε grúlle	γρῠ́λλω grúllō	γρῠ́λλοι grúlloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γρυλλίζω (grullízō)
• γρυλλισμός (grullismós)
• γρυλλογραφέω (grullographéō)
• γρυλλοειδής (grulloeidḗs)

 

Descendants

• → English: gryllos
• → Latin: gryllus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “γρύλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γρύλλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γρύλλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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