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σκίουρος

skiouros

m

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What it meant

1. σκίουρος · skiouros — Frisk

σκίουρος m. “Eichhörnchen” (Opp., Plin.). — Eig. „sich mit dem Schwanze Schatten machend‘“, Bahuvrihi von oxıd und οὐρά (zuletzt Solmsen IF 30, 9f. m. A. 1). Verfehlte Erklärungen bei Βα (abgelehnt). — Daraus mlat. *sceuriolus in frz. ecureuil, engl. squirrdl usw. oxinwv, -wvos m. “Stab, Stock’, auch “Krücke’ (Hdt. 4, 172, Kratin. [lyr.], Ar. [anap.], E. [anap.}, Kall., AP; Hp., Epid. IV2); νν.11. σκήπων (nach … — [Frisk, s.v. σκίουρος, p. 1705]

2. σκίουρος · skiouros — LSJ

shadow-tail, squirrel

shadow-tail, i.e. squirrel, Opp. C. 2.586; cf. Plin. HN 8.138.

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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