σαύρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σαύρη (saúrē) — Ionic

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sǎu̯.raː/ → /ˈsa.βra/ → /ˈsa.vra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sǎu̯.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.βra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vra/

Noun

σαύρᾱ • (saúrā) f (genitive σαύρᾱς); first declension

1. lizard

Declension

First declension of ἡ σαύρᾱ; τῆς σαύρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σαύρᾱ hē saúrā	τὼ σαύρᾱ tṑ saúrā	αἱ σαῦραι hai saûrai
Genitive	τῆς σαύρᾱς tês saúrās	τοῖν σαύραιν toîn saúrain	τῶν σαυρῶν tôn saurôn
Dative	τῇ σαύρᾳ têi saúrāi	τοῖν σαύραιν toîn saúrain	ταῖς σαύραις taîs saúrais
Accusative	τὴν σαύρᾱν tḕn saúrān	τὼ σαύρᾱ tṑ saúrā	τᾱ̀ς σαύρᾱς tā̀s saúrās
Vocative	σαύρᾱ saúrā	σαύρᾱ saúrā	σαῦραι saûrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σαυρῑ́της (saurī́tēs)
• σαυροκτόνος (sauroktónos)
• σαυρωτήρ (saurōtḗr)

 

Related terms

• σαῦρος (saûros)

Further reading

• “σαύρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σαύρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Noun

σαύρα • (sávra) f (plural σαύρες)

1. lizard

Declension

Declension of σαύρα

	singular	plural
nominative	σαύρα •	σαύρες •
genitive	σαύρας •	σαυρών •
accusative	σαύρα •	σαύρες •
vocative	σαύρα •	σαύρες •

Further reading

• σαύρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el