γρῖπος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γρῖφος (grîphos)

Etymology

Like γρῖφος (grîphos, “creel; riddle, enigma”), from Pre-Greek, given the variation π/φ. Comparison with Middle High German krēbe (“basket”) and Old Norse kerfi (“bundle”) must therefore be rejected.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡrîː.pos/ → /ˈɣri.pos/ → /ˈɣri.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡrîː.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡri.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣri.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣri.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣri.pos/

Noun

γρῖπος • (grîpos) m (genitive γρῑ́που); second declension

1. creel, trap for fish, fishing basket

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γρῖπος; τοῦ γρῑ́που (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γρῖπος ho grîpos	τὼ γρῑ́πω tṑ grī́pō	οἱ γρῖποι hoi grîpoi
Genitive	τοῦ γρῑ́που toû grī́pou	τοῖν γρῑ́ποιν toîn grī́poin	τῶν γρῑ́πων tôn grī́pōn
Dative	τῷ γρῑ́πῳ tôi grī́pōi	τοῖν γρῑ́ποιν toîn grī́poin	τοῖς γρῑ́ποις toîs grī́pois
Accusative	τὸν γρῖπον tòn grîpon	τὼ γρῑ́πω tṑ grī́pō	τοὺς γρῑ́πους toùs grī́pous
Vocative	γρῖπε grîpe	γρῑ́πω grī́pō	γρῖποι grîpoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γριπάομαι (gripáomai)
• γριπεύς (gripeús)
• γριπεύω (gripeúō)
• γριπέω (gripéō)
• γριπηίς (gripēís)
• γριπίζω (gripízō)
• γρίπισμα (grípisma)
• γρίπων (grípōn)

 

Further reading

• “γρῖπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γρῖπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γρῖπος 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