Ancient Greek

Noun

σαῦρος • ‎(saûros) m ‎(genitive σαύρου); second declension

1. Alternative form of σαύρᾱ ‎(saúrā, “lizard”)
2. horse mackerel
   • 375 BCE – 275 BCE, Alexis 133.1
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 610.b.5
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 6.720

Inflection

Synonyms

• τρᾱ́χουρος ‎(trā́khouros, “horse mackerel”)

References

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