gryllus

gryllus (also grillus), i, m., = γρύλλος.

I A cricket or grasshopper , Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 138.—

II Transf., in painting, a kind of comic figures , Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114.

Gryllus
·noun A genus of insects including the common crickets. ...

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Gryllus
Gryllus, i, m., =Γρύλλος, a Greek proper name. I A son of Xenophon , who fell in the battle at Mant...

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