gryllus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin gryllus (“comic figure, caricature”). === Noun === gryllus (plural grylli) Alternative form of gryllos. == Latin == === Alternative forms === grillus === Etymology === Either borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “performer in an Egyptian dance, comic figure, caricature”), or onomatopoeic in origin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡryl.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡril.lus] === Noun === gryllus m (genitive gryllī); second declension cricket, grasshopper (art) a comic figure ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== gryllō ==== 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “gryllus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 290 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “grillus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 268 Cano González, Ana Maria & Germain, Jean & Kremer, Dieter (eds.). 2004. Dictionnaire historique de l'anthroponymie romane: Patronymica Romanica (PatRom). Vol. III.2. Berlin: De Gruyter. Pages 925–947.