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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sau̯.rɔː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /sa.βroˈtir/ → /sa.vroˈtir/
Noun
σαυρωτήρ • (saurōtḗr) m (genitive σαυρωτῆρος); third declension
- ferrule or spike at the butt end of a spear, by which it was stuck into the ground
Declension
Further reading
- “σαυρωτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σαυρωτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “σαυρωτήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- σαυρωτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σαυρωτήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963