σαυρίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sau̯.rǐː.tɛːs/ → /saˈβri.tis/ → /saˈvri.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sau̯.rǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sawˈri.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈβri.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈvri.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈvri.tis/

Noun

σαυρῑ́της • (saurī́tēs) m (genitive σαυρῑ́του); first declension

1. kind of serpent
2. gem found in the belly of the lizard

Inflection

First declension of ὁ σαυρῑ́της; τοῦ σαυρῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σαυρῑ́της ho saurī́tēs	τὼ σαυρῑ́τᾱ tṑ saurī́tā	οἱ σαυρῖται hoi saurîtai
Genitive	τοῦ σαυρῑ́του toû saurī́tou	τοῖν σαυρῑ́ταιν toîn saurī́tain	τῶν σαυρῑτῶν tôn saurītôn
Dative	τῷ σαυρῑ́τῃ tôi saurī́tēi	τοῖν σαυρῑ́ταιν toîn saurī́tain	τοῖς σαυρῑ́ταις toîs saurī́tais
Accusative	τὸν σαυρῑ́την tòn saurī́tēn	τὼ σαυρῑ́τᾱ tṑ saurī́tā	τοὺς σαυρῑ́τᾱς toùs saurī́tās
Vocative	σαυρῖτᾰ saurîta	σαυρῑ́τᾱ saurī́tā	σαυρῖται saurîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: saurītēs

Further reading

• “σαυρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press