Gryllus, i, m., =Γρύλλος, a Greek proper name.
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.—
II A Roman proper name , Mart. 1, 60, 3; 2, 14, 13.
·noun A genus of insects including the common crickets. ...
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