γρύλλος

Ancient Greek

Deemed an Egyptian word by Phrynichus (tragic poet). According to Beekes, there is no relation between this word and γρῦλος (grûlos, “pig, porker”).

γρύλλος • (grúllos) m (genitive γρύλλου); second declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γρῠ́λλος ho grŭ́llos	τὼ γρῠ́λλω tṑ grŭ́llō	οἱ γρῠ́λλοι hoi grŭ́lloi
Genitive	τοῦ γρῠ́λλου toû grŭ́llou	τοῖν γρῠ́λλοιν toîn grŭ́lloin	τῶν γρῠ́λλων tôn grŭ́llōn
Dative	τῷ γρῠ́λλῳ tôi grŭ́llōi	τοῖν γρῠ́λλοιν toîn grŭ́lloin	τοῖς γρῠ́λλοις toîs grŭ́llois
Accusative	τὸν γρῠ́λλον tòn grŭ́llon	τὼ γρῠ́λλω tṑ grŭ́llō	τοὺς γρῠ́λλους toùs grŭ́llous
Vocative	γρῠ́λλε grŭ́lle	γρῠ́λλω grŭ́llō	γρῠ́λλοι grŭ́lloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“γρύλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
γρύλλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γρύλλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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