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noun · masculinethird declension

grȳps

grȳps m (genitive grȳpis or grȳpos or grȳphis or grȳphos)
Classical[ˈɡryːps]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡrips]

Meaning

  1. griffin

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegrȳpsgrȳpē̆s
grȳphē̆s, grīfē̆s, grīffē̆s, grīpē̆s, grīphē̆s, grȳphōnēs
genitivegrȳpis
grȳpos, grȳphis, grȳphos, grīffis, grīffos, grīfis, grīfos, grīphis, grīphos, grīpis, grīpos, grȳphōnis		grȳpium
grȳpum, grȳphium, grȳphum, grīffium, grīffum, grīfium, grīfum, grīphium, grīphum, grīpium, grīpum, grȳphōnum, grȳphōrum, grȳpōrum
dativegrȳpī
grȳphī, grīffī, grīfī, grīphī, grīpī, grȳphōnī		grȳpibus
grȳphibus, grīffibus, grīfibus, grīphibus, grīpibus, grȳphōnibus
accusativegrȳpem
grȳpa, grȳphem, grȳpha, grīfa, grīfem, grīffa, grīffem, grīpa, grīpem, grīpha, grīphem, grȳphōnem		grȳpēs
grȳpīs, grȳpas, grȳphēs, grȳphīs, grȳphas, grīfas, grīfēs, grīffas, grīffēs, grīffīs, grīfīs, grīpas, grīpēs, grīphas, grīphēs, grīphīs, grīpīs, grȳphōnēs
ablativegrȳpe
grȳphe, grīfe, grīffe, grīpe, grīphe, grȳphōne		grȳpibus
grȳphibus, grīffibus, grīfibus, grīphibus, grīpibus, grȳphōnibus
vocativegrȳpsgrȳpē̆s
grȳphē̆s, grīfē̆s, grīffē̆s, grīpē̆s, grīphē̆s, grȳphōnēs

gryps, grўphis (grȳphus, i, Mel. 2, 1, 1; 3, 7, 2), m., = γρύψ,
I. a fabulous fourfooted bird, a griffin: Pegasos equino capite volucres et gryphas auritos aduncitate rostri fabulosos reor, illos in Scythia, hos in Aethiopia, Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 136; Mel. 2, 1, 1; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 30; Sid. Carm. 22, 66 and 67.—Prov.: Jungentur jam grypes equis, i. e. the impossible shall happen, Verg. E. 8, 27.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps).

Descendants
  • Catalangriu
  • Catalangrif
  • Catalangrifó
  • Italiangrifone
  • Italiangrifo
  • Englishgriffinfrom Old French griffon
  • Englishgriffonfrom Old French griffon
  • Englishgryphonfrom Old French griffon
  • Frenchgriffonfrom Old French griffon
  • GermanGreiffrom Old High German grifo

Quick answers

What does grȳps mean in Latin?
grȳps, a noun, means “griffin”.
What is the genitive of grȳps?
The genitive singular is grȳpis. grȳps is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce grȳps?
In classical Latin, [ˈɡryːps]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɡrips].