What does gryllus mean in Latin?

gryllus, a noun, means “cricket, grasshopper; a comic figure”.

What is the genitive of gryllus?

The genitive singular is gryllī. gryllus is masculine, second declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈɡryl.lʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɡril.lus].

noun · masculinesecond declension

gryllus m (genitive gryllī)

Classical[ˈɡryl.lʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡril.lus]

gryllus (also grillus), i, m., = γρύλλος.

I. A cricket or grasshopper, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 138.—

II. Transf., in painting, a kind of comic figures, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114.

Gryllus, i, m., =Γρύλλος,

I. a Greek proper name.

I. A son of Xenophon, who fell in the battle at Mantinea, and was celebrated by Aristotle in a monogram entitled Γρύλλος, Quint. 2, 17, 14.—

II. A Roman proper name, Mart. 1, 60, 3; 2, 14, 13.

Either borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “performer in an Egyptian dance, comic figure, caricature”), or onomatopoeic in origin.

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