The corpus record

σαύρ-α

saura · ἡ

lizard, membrum virile, cases

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Where it lives

De longitudine et brevitate vitae 1 · 5.68/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

lizard

lizard, A. Fr. 146 codd. Ath., Hdt. 4.192 (cf. 183), Arist. HA 488a24, 489b21, Theoc. 2.58; cf. σαῦρος.

= σαλαμάνδρα, Thphr. Sign. 15.

= κάρδαμον, Nic. Fr. 74.72:— also as Dim. σαυρίδιον, τό, Hp. Ulc. 11, Gal. 19.136, etc.

III membrum virile

membrum virile, esp. of boys, AP 12.3 (Strat.), 242 (Id.).

IV cases

αἱ σ. αἱ ἐκ φοινίκων πεπλεγμέναι plaited cases of palm-bark, used in setting dislocated fingers, Hp. Art. 80, Diocl. Fr. 188.

In the wild

σαῦραι · saurai Aristotle, De longitudine et brevitate vitae (DIORISIS sentence 42)
σαῦραι · saurai Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 97)
σαύρῃσι · saurēisi Herodotus, Histories 4.192.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5288)
σαύρα · saura Septuaginta, Leviticus 11

Where it came from

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