κυνοπόταμος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From κύων (kúōn, dog) +‎ ποταμός (potamós, river).

Noun

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κυνοπόταμος (kunopótamosm (genitive κυνοποτάμου); second declension

  1. (Byzantine) beaver
    Synonym: κάστωρ (kástōr)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Calabrian Greek: [Term?] (/⁠tsinnopótamo⁠/, otter)[1]
  • Sicilian: zinnapòtamu, zinnapòtaru

References

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  1. ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 440: “la lontra” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it