griphus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.