καστόριον
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
κάστωρ (kástōr) + -ιον (-ion)
Noun[edit]
καστόριον • (kastórion)
- 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.
- Ἔστι ζῶον, λεγόμενον καστόριον, ἤπιον πάνυ καὶ ἡσύχιον.
- the fur of the beaver
Descendants[edit]
- Greek: καστόρι (kastóri)
- → Classical Syriac: ܩܣܛܘܪܝܘܢ (qasṭōryōn)
- → Latin: castoreum
- → Old Armenian: կասդորիոս (kasdorios)
References[edit]
- ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 130, 158
Further reading[edit]
- καστόριον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften