σάτυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown; possibly loaned from a Pre-Greek substrate. Possibly closely related to Illyrian *Deuadai, interpreted as a diminutive of the Proto-Indo-European *deywós, or alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σᾰ́τῠρος • (sắtŭrosm (genitive σᾰτῠ́ρου); second declension

  1. satyr
  2. lewd person
  3. a type of play with satyrs in the chorus

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Descendants

  • Latin: satyrus
  • Old Armenian: սատիրոս (satiros)
  • Arabic: سَعْتَر (saʕtar)
  • Polish: satyr
  • Russian: сати́р m (satír)

References

  1. ^ Krahe, Hans (1947), Die Sprache der Illyrier, volume I, pages 37–42
  • σάτυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024