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γρῦ

gru

small quantity

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What it meant

1. γρῦ · gry — Beekes

γρῦ [n.J? usually with negation: a ‘small quantity’, often of sounds (Ar,); acc. to sch. Ar. Pl. 17 of the grunting of a swine (clearly onomat.); = ὁ ὑπὸ τῷ ὄνυχι ῥύπος ‘the dirt under the nail’ (H also ypv&) and = ypbtn; a small coin (Suid.). *VAR Indeclinable. *DER γρύζω, aor. γρύξαι ‘grunt’ (Ar.), γρυσμός (Agathocl.); γρῦλος, expressive gemination γρύλλος ‘piglet’ (Ath.), metaph. ‘eel’ (Diph. Siph; because … — [Beekes, s.v. γρῦ, p. 335]

2. γρῦ · gry — Chantraine

γρῦ * indéclinable «un rien », généralement avec une négation, et avec un verbe signifiant «faise eætendre, dire » : Ar. PI. 17 ἀποχρινόμενος οὐδὲ γρῦ, cf. D. 19,39, Mén. fr. 454, etc. D'après la sch. Ar. PI. 17 le mot viendrait du grognement du cochon, ce qui est vraisemblable ; d'où Je sens de rien, sans valeur {Antiph. 190, etc.) et avec des applications précises cf. la glose d'Hsch. : γρῦ “ὁ ὑπὸ τῷ ὄνυχι ῥύπος, … — [Chantraine, s.v. γρῦ, p. 252]

3. γρῦ · gry — Frisk

γρῦ, gewöhnlich mit Negation, Bez. einer geringen Größe oder eines geringen Maßes, oft von Lauten (Ar., D., Men. usw.); nach Sch. Ar. Pl. 17 vom Grunzlaut des Schweins, offenbar lautimitierend; nach H. auch = ὁ ὑπὸ τῷ ὄνυχι ῥύπος (im selben Sinne auch γρύξ nach den Nomina oder Adverbia auf -£) und = yevrn; nach Suid. Ben. einer kleinen Münze. — Davon mit verbalisierendem -$w (Schwyzer 716; nicht aus *%,ovö- oder … — [Frisk, s.v. γρῦ, p. 360]

4. γρῦ · gry — LSJ

a syllable, a morsel, a bit, a grunt, a small coin, dirt under the nail

used with negs., ἀποκρινομένῳ . . οὐδὲ γρῦ not a syllable, Ar. Pl. 17, cf. D. 19.39; μηδὲ γ. λέγε Men. 521; ὄψου μηδὲν . . μηδὲ γ. not a morsel, not a bit, Antiph. 190.13; διαφέρει Χαιρεφῶντος οὐδὲ γ. Men. 364, cf. Sam. 310, Aristaenet. 1.17, Jul. ad Ath. 273b. (Expld. of the noise of swine, not even a grunt, by Sch. Ar. l.c.; also, a small coin, Suid.; but prop., = dirt under the nail, Hsch., who also explains it as = γρύτη, cf. γρύξ.)

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