griffin的词源
英文词源
- griffin (n.)
- c. 1200 (as a surname), from Old French grifon "a bird of prey," also "fabulous bird of Greek mythology" (with head and wings of an eagle, body and hind quarters of a lion, believed to inhabit Scythia and guard its gold), named for its hooked beak, from Late Latin gryphus, misspelling of grypus, variant of gryps (genitive grypos) "griffin," from Greek gryps (genitive grypos) "a griffin or dragon," literally "curved, hook-nosed" (opposed to simos).
Klein suggests a Semitic source, "through the medium of the Hittites," and cites Hebrew kerubh "a winged angel," Akkadian karibu, epithet of the bull-colossus (see cherub). The same or an identical word was used in mid-19c. Louisiana to mean "mulatto" (especially one one-quarter or two-fifths white) and in British India from 1793 to mean "newly arrived European," probably via notion of "strange hybrid animal."
中文词源
griffin（狮鹫）：神话传说中半狮半鹫的怪兽
格里芬（Griffin）是神话传说中一种鹰头狮身有翅的怪兽，中文译为“狮鹫”。它长有狮子的躯体与利爪、鹰的头和翅膀，是相当有名的奇幻生物。因为狮子和鹰分别称雄于陆地和天空，狮鹫被认为是非常厉害的动物。在大量网络游戏中都有狮鹫这个角色。
据说狮鹫像老鹰一样筑巢，它们居住在从现代乌克兰延伸至中亚的斯基泰草原，在那里金 子和宝石的储藏量非常丰富。狮鹫负责看管金矿和暗藏的珍宝，要是有陌生人靠近想要挖掘金子或宝石时，狮鹫会扑上前去把他们撕成碎片。斯基泰人 （Scythians）使用在这个区域发现到的巨型石化骨头作为狮鹫存在的证明，从而使外人不敢前去采集金子和宝石。有传说认为天神们在巡视时，都是坐在 以狮鹫拉动的车子上。
美国职业篮球运动员布雷克·格里芬（Blake Griffin）的姓氏就是Griffin。他天生神力，擅长扣篮，似乎就是狮鹫转世。
griffin：['grɪfɪn] n.狮鹫，格里芬
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：griffin 词源，griffin 含义。
来自希腊语gryps, 弯钩鼻。词源同crook, croquet.
