The corpus record

κάστωρ

kastor

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Distribution

Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

Attestations

κάστορες · kastores Herodotus, Histories 4.109.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4750)
κάστορός · kastoros Euripides, Helen 2 (DIORISIS sentence 141)

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan pp. 702-703; entry #2980 Review: Under source audit
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 518; entry #3726 Review: Under source audit
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 831-832; entry #2843 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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