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Latin
Etymology 1
Equivalent to grȳps, grȳph- (“griffin”) + -ō. Likely a Latinization of one of the corresponding Romance forms (Old French grifoun, gripon, Italian grifone).
Pronunciation
Noun
grȳphō m (genitive grȳphōnis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) griffin
- Synonym: grȳps
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
grȳphō
- dative/ablative singular of grȳphus
References
- grypho in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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