γρῦ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

γρῡ́ (grū́)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic of the sound pigs make; compare Latin grunniō (“to grunt like a pig”), German grunzen (“to grunt”) for similar formations. Possibly connected to γρῡ́ξ (grū́x) and γρῡ́τη (grū́tē).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡrŷː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡry/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣry/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣry/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣri/

Noun

γρῦ • (grû) n (indeclinable)

a small sound; a grunt
(chiefly in the negative) a small quantity; a bit; a morsel

Derived terms

γρῡ́ζω (grū́zō)
γρῡλῐ́ζω (grūlĭ́zō)
γρῡλῐσμός (grūlĭsmós)
γρῡλῑ́ων (grūlī́ōn)
Γρῦλος (Grûlos)
γρῡ́λος (grū́los)
γρῦλος (grûlos)
γρῡσμός (grūsmós)

Descendants

⇒ Greek: γουρούνι (gouroúni)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “γρῦ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 288

“γρῦ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
γρῦ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γρῦ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “γρῦ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 288

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