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σίγραι

sigrai

small and snub-noised wild swine

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What it meant

1. σίγραι · sigrai — Beekes

σίγραι - τῶν ἀγρίων σνῶν oi βραχεῖς καὶ σιμοί ‘small and snub-noised wild swine’ (H.). *ETYM Pre-Greek, in view of the gloss σίκα' ὗς, Λάκωνες ‘swine (Laconiany (H.). otyiv(v)ng [m.] ‘hunting spear, javelin’ (Hdt. 5, 9, Opp.). VAR -ος [m.] (A. R, AP), -ov [n.] (Arist. Po. 1457b 6, AP), -vptvov (Lyc.). eETYM According to Herodotus and Aristotle (l.c.), the word is Cyprian, whereas a sch. on A. R. 4, … — [Beekes, s.v. σίγραι, p. 1379]

2. σίγραι · sigrai — Chantraine

σίγραι : τῶν ἀγρίων συῶν οἱ βραχεῖς καὶ σιμοί (Hsch.); ct. σἰκα 5... σίαλος ? — [Chantraine, s.v. σίγραι, p. 1022]

3. σίγραι · sigrai — LSJ

wild swine

a kind of wild swine, βραχεῖς καὶ σιμοί, Hsch.

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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