Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Gryps

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

GRYPS and GRYPHUS (γρύψ). A griffin; a fabulous animal (Plin. H. N. x. 69.), mostly represented with the body and legs of a lion, surmounted by the head and wings of an eagle; thus combining strength with agility. It was, consequently, employed as an emblem of vigilance, and is frequently represented in tombs and on sepulchral lamps, as it were in the act of guarding the remains deposited therein. The example (Gryps/1.1), from a terra-cotta lamp, possesses all the qualities and characteristics described.

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  Gryps/1.1