γρῖφος
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- γρῖπος (grîpos)
Etymology edit
Like γρῖπος (grîpos, “creel, fishing basket”), from Pre-Greek, given the variation π/φ.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡrîː.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡri.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣri.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣri.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣri.fos/
Noun edit
γρῖφος • (grîphos) m (genitive γρῑ́φου); second declension
- creel, trap for fish, fishing basket
- Oppian, Halieutica 3.80:
- τῶν τὰ μὲν ἀμφίβληστρα, τὰ δὲ γρῖφοι καλέονται,
- tôn tà mèn amphíblēstra, tà dè grîphoi kaléontai,
- τῶν τὰ μὲν ἀμφίβληστρα, τὰ δὲ γρῖφοι καλέονται,
- (figuratively) riddle, enigma, anything intricate saying
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γρῖφος ho grîphos |
τὼ γρῑ́φω tṑ grī́phō |
οἱ γρῖφοι hoi grîphoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γρῑ́φου toû grī́phou |
τοῖν γρῑ́φοιν toîn grī́phoin |
τῶν γρῑ́φων tôn grī́phōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γρῑ́φῳ tôi grī́phōi |
τοῖν γρῑ́φοιν toîn grī́phoin |
τοῖς γρῑ́φοις toîs grī́phois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γρῖφον tòn grîphon |
τὼ γρῑ́φω tṑ grī́phō |
τοὺς γρῑ́φους toùs grī́phous | ||||||||||
Vocative | γρῖφε grîphe |
γρῑ́φω grī́phō |
γρῖφοι grîphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- γριφάομαι (gripháomai)
- γριφεύω (gripheúō)
- γριφοειδής (griphoeidḗs)
- γριφολογέω (griphologéō)
- γριφοπλόκος (griphoplókos)
- γριφότης (griphótēs)
- γριφώδης (griphṓdēs)
- γρίφωσις (gríphōsis)
Descendants edit
- → Greek: γρίφος (grífos) (learned)
Further reading edit
- “γρῖφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γρῖφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γρῖφος 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
- γρῖφος - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.