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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=griphus griphi N M :: [[riddle]]; [[enigma]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>grīphus</b>: i, m., = [[γρῖφος]] (a [[net]]; [[hence]] transf.),<br /><b>I</b> an [[intricate]] or [[puzzling]] [[question]], a [[riddle]], [[enigma]] (post-class. and [[very]] [[rare]]): griphos dissolvere, Gell. 1, 4, 4; v. App. Flor. 9; Aus. Idyll. 11.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>grīphus</b>, ī, m. ([[γρῖφος]]), énigme : Gell. 1, 2, 4 ; Apul. Flor. 9.
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{{Georges
|georg=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.
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