γρῖφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[γρῖπος]], [[fishing-basket]], [[creel]], Plu.2.47Id, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>3.80</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>486</span> (ii/iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., anything [[intricate]], [[dark saying]], [[riddle]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>20</span>, <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>153</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.10.448b</span> sqq.; γρῖφος προβάλλειν <span class="bibl">Antiph.74.5</span>; λέγειν γρίφους παρὰ πότον <span class="bibl">Id.124.2</span>; distinguished from [[αἴνιγμα]], <span class="bibl">Poll.6.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[forfeit paid for failing to guess a riddle]], Hsch.</span>