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σαῦρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 이형 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σαῦρος σαύρου

Structure: σαυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Alternative form of σαύρᾱ ‎(saúrā, “lizard”)
  2. horse mackerel

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • σαῦρον κικλήσκουσι καὶ αἰολίην, ὀρφίσκον, πιότατον κεφαλῇ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 71 3:1)
  • ἄλλοτ’ ἐρυθρὸν κόκκυγ’ ἢ ὀλίγασ πεμφηρίδασ, ἄλλοτε σαῦρον, κύων καρχαρίασ, περὶ τούτων φησὶν Ἀρχέστρατοσ ὁ τῶν ὀψοφάγων Ἡσίοδοσ ἢ Θέογνισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 84 1:4)
  • μάγειροσ δ’ ἐστὶν ὁ λέγων ἐπίστασαι τὸν σαῦρον ὡσ δεῖ σκευάσαι; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1203)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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