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Ancient Greek
Etymology
κάστωρ (kástōr) + -ιον (-ion)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kas.tó.ri.on/ → /kasˈto.ri.on/ → /kasˈto.ri.on/
Noun
κᾰστόρῐον • (kastórion) n (genitive κᾰστορῐ́ου); second declension
- castoreum
- beaver
2nd–4th centuries AD,
Physiologus 26.1:
[1]- Ἔστι ζῶον, λεγόμενον καστόριον, ἤπιον πάνυ καὶ ἡσύχιον.
- Ésti zôon, legómenon kastórion, ḗpion pánu kaì hēsúkhion.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- There is an animal called castor; the animal is quite and very gentle.
- the fur of the beaver
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 130, 158
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