gryllus

See also: Gryllus

Latin
gryllus (cricket)

Alternative forms
  • grillus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡryl.lus/, [ˈɡrʏl.lʊs]

Noun

gryllus m (genitive gryllī); second declension

  1. cricket, grasshopper
  2. (art) a comic figure

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gryllus gryllī
Genitive gryllī gryllōrum
Dative gryllō gryllīs
Accusative gryllum gryllōs
Ablative gryllō gryllīs
Vocative grylle gryllī

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • gryllus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gryllus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • gryllus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gryllus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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