noun greek

gryllus

gen. grylli · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

(also ), , , = γρύλλος.

A cricket; grasshopper

A cricket or grasshopper, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 138.—

a kind of comic figures by extension

Transf., in painting, a kind of comic figures, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114.

Perseus ID: n19987 Key: gryllus1