griphus
grīphus, i, m., = γρῖφος (a net; hence transf.),
- an intricate or puzzling question, a riddle, enigma (post-class. and very rare): griphos dissolvere, Gell. 1, 4, 4; v. Ap. Flor. 9; Aus. Idyll. 11.
grīphus, ī, m. (γριφος, ein »Fischernetz«; dah. meton.) eine verwickelte Aufgabe, ein Rätsel, Gell. 1, 2, 4. Apul. flor. 9. p. 12, 3 Kr. Auson. edyll. 11 lemm. p. 129 Schenkl.
non Platonis invisibiles ~os nec Aristotelis versutias inversare
grīphus, ī, m. (γρῖφος), énigme : Gell. 1, 2, 4 ; Apul. Flor. 9.
Spingatæ effigies,
quos nos Griphos vocamus. Helgaldus in Roberto Rege Franc. : Aliud quoque
(phylacterium) jussit parari argento, in quo posuit ovum cujusdam avis,
quæ vocatur Grippis.
GRIPHUS
GRIPHUS(γρῖφος). [AENIGMA]
Griphus
(γρῖφος). Literally “a net;” then any intricate, puzzling, or “catch” question. A riddle, enigma (Gell.i.4.4). See aenigma.