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γρύτη

grute

hollow, cavernous

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What it meant

1. γρύτη · grytē — Beekes

γρύτη -τγρυμέα. γρύψ -ογρῦπός. γρῶνος [46].] ‘hollow, cavernous’ (Lyc.). *DER γρώνη ‘hole, kneading trough’ (Nic., AP), ypwvouc (H.) in several specific mgs. *ETYM The usual reconstruction *ypwo-voc vel sim. (to » ypdw) is quite uncertain, as the verb shows no ablaut; the meaning hardly fits, either. — [Beekes, s.v. γρύτη, p. 336]

2. γρύτη · grytē — LSJ

womanʼs dressing-case, vanity-bag, tool-bag

womanʼs dressing-case or vanity-bag, Sapph. 156; σκευῶν γ. prob. a workmanʼs tool-bag, PPetr. 3p.78.

2 frippery

frippery, Phryn. 209, PS p.60 B.; cf. γριτή: pl., = σκεύη, Hsch.

3 fry

of fish, λεπτὴ γ. small fry, Gp. 20.12.2.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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