Lewis & Short

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† 1. gryllus (also grillus), i, m., = γρύλλος.

  1. I. A cricket or grasshopper, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 138.
  2. II. Transf., in painting, a kind of comic figures, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114.

† 2. Gryllus, i, m., = Γρύλλος, a Greek proper name.

  1. I. A son of Xenophon, who fell in the battle at Mantinea, and was celebrated by Aristotle in a monogram entitled Γρύλλος, Quint. 2, 17, 14.
  2. II. A Roman proper name, Mart. 1, 60, 3; 2, 14, 13.