Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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    Beekes claims a Pre-Greek origin, due to the semantic category of lizards being "local substrate" and not being conceptualized among the Proto-Indo-Europeans.[1]

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    Noun

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    σαύρᾱ (saúrāf (genitive σαύρᾱς); first declension

    1. lizard

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    References

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σαύρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1313

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    Noun

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    σαύρα (sávraf (plural σαύρες)

    1. lizard

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    Declension of σαύρα
    singular plural
    nominative σαύρα (sávra) σαύρες (sávres)
    genitive σαύρας (sávras) σαυρών (savrón)
    accusative σαύρα (sávra) σαύρες (sávres)
    vocative σαύρα (sávra) σαύρες (sávres)

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