σαύρα

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Beekes claims a Pre-Greek origin, due to the semantic category of lizards being "local substrate" and not being conceptualized among the Proto-Indo-Europeans.

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    σαύρᾱ • (saúrā) f (genitive σαύρᾱς); first declension

    1. lizard

    Declension

    First declension of ἡ σαύρᾱ; τῆς σαύρᾱς (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ἡ σαύρᾱ
    hē saúrā     		τὼ σαύρᾱ
    tṑ saúrā     		αἱ σαῦραι
    hai saûrai
    Genitive τῆς σαύρᾱς
    tês saúrās     		τοῖν σαύραιν
    toîn saúrain     		τῶν σαυρῶν
    tôn saurôn
    Dative τῇ σαύρᾳ
    tēî saúrāi     		τοῖν σαύραιν
    toîn saúrain     		ταῖς σαύραις
    taîs saúrais
    Accusative τὴν σαύρᾱν
    tḕn saúrān     		τὼ σαύρᾱ
    tṑ saúrā     		τᾱ̀ς σαύρᾱς
    tā̀s saúrās
    Vocative σαύρᾱ
    saúrā     		σαύρᾱ
    saúrā     		σαῦραι
    saûrai
    Notes:

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σαύρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1313

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    Greek

    Noun

    σαύρα • (sávra) f (plural σαύρες)

    1. lizard

    Declension

    Declension of σαύρα
    singular plural
    nominative σαύρα (sávra) σαύρες (sávres)
    genitive σαύρας (sávras) σαυρών (savrón)
    accusative σαύρα (sávra) σαύρες (sávres)
    vocative σαύρα (sávra) σαύρες (sávres)

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