grypus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡryː.pʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡriː.pus] === Etymology 1 === Reanalysis of third-declension grȳps as a second declension noun, from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps). ==== Noun ==== grȳpus m (genitive grȳpī); second declension alternative form of grȳps (“griffin”) ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. === Etymology 2 === From Ancient Greek γρῡπός (grūpós); probably related to γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps, “griffon”). ==== Adjective ==== grȳpus (feminine grȳpa, neuter grȳpum); first/second-declension adjective with a hooknose ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “grypus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “grypus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.