σαῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly variant of σαῦλος (saûlos, “turning, twisting”), else of σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σαῦρος • (saûros) m (genitive σαύρου); second declension

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

Inflection

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: σαυρίς (saurís), σαυρίδιον (saurídion)
    • Greek: σαυρίδι (savrídi), σταυρίδι (stavrídi), σαφρίδι (safrídi)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: استاورید (istavrid)
      • → Belarusian: стаўры́да f (staŭrýda)
      • → Bulgarian: сафри́д m (safríd)
      • → Russian: ставри́да f (stavrída) (later half of 19th century), rarely страври́да (stravrída)
      • → Ukrainian: ставри́да f (stavrýda)
  • → Latin:
  • → New Latin: -saurus (learned)
  • → Translingual: Saurus

References

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