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Καστόρειος

*kastoreios

of, belonging to Castor, of the beaver

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What it meant

Καστόρειος · Kastoreios — LSJ

of, belonging to Castor

of or belonging to Castor: τὸ Κ. μέλος a martial song, set to the flute, used in celebrating victories in the horse or chariot races, Pi. P. 2.69; ὁ Κ. ὕμνος Id. I. 1.16; also, of a battle-march, Plu. Lyc. 22, cf. Mus. 2.1140c, Phld. Vit. p.25 J.

II of the beaver, castor

καστόρειος or καστόριος, α, ον, of the beaver, ὄρχεις Hsch. s.v. κάστωρ; αἷμα Dsc. 2.24:—esp. καστόρειον or καστόριον, τό, castor, secretion found in the body of the beaver, used in medicine, Anon.Lond. 37.51, POxy. 1088.27 (i A.D.), Plu. Adul. 2.55a, Sor. 2.29, Phlp. in GC 65.29, etc.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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