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γρῖφ-ος

griphos · ὁ

fishing-basket, creel

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

γρῖφ-ος · griph-os — LSJ

fishing-basket, creel

= γρῖπος, fishing-basket, creel, Plu. Tranq. 2.471d, Opp. H. 3.80, PTeb. 486 (ii/iii A. D.).

2 anything intricate, dark saying, riddle

metaph., anything intricate, dark saying, riddle, Ar. V. 20, Demetr. Eloc. 153, Ath. 10.448b sqq.; γ. προβάλλειν Antiph. 74.5; λέγειν γρίφους παρὰ πότον Id. 124.2; distd. fr. αἴνιγμα, Poll. 6.19.

b forfeit paid

forfeit paid for failing to guess a riddle, Hsch.

In the wild

γρῖφον · griphon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 223)
γρίφους · griphous Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.6 (DIORISIS sentence 743)

Where it came from

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