The corpus record

σκίγγος

skiggos

a land lizard

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What it meant

1. σκίγγος · skingos — Beekes

σκίγγος [m.] a lizard found in Asia Minor that is used as medicine (Dsc. 2, 66 Welm.). VAR Also σκίγκος and κίκερος = κροκόδειλος χερσαῖος ‘a land lizard’ (H.); Fur: 277. *ETYM The variantions point to a Pre-Greek origin. — [Beekes, s.v. σκίγγος, p. 1402]

2. σκίγγος · skingos — Chantraine

σκίγγος : ou σχίγκος m., lézard trouvé au ProcheOrient et en Afrique, utilisé en médecine (Dsc.). Emprunt probable. — [Chantraine, s.v. σκίγγος, p. 1038]

3. σκίγγος · skingos — LSJ

skink

skink, a kind of lizard found in Africa and the East, used in medicine, Dsc. 2.66, cf. Aret. CA 2.8 (κοσκίνου codd.), CD 2.5 (σόγχος codd.).

= μυρσίνη ἀγρία, Ps.-Dsc. 4.144.

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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