καστόριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κάστωρ (kástōr) +‎ -ιον (-ion)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰστόρῐον • (kăstórĭon) n (genitive κᾰστορῐ́ου); second declension

  1. castoreum
  2. beaver
    • 2nd–4th centuries AD, Physiologus 26.1:[1]
      Ἔστι ζῶον, λεγόμενον καστόριον, ἤπιον πάνυ καὶ ἡσύχιον.
      Ésti zôon, legómenon kastórion, ḗpion pánu kaì hēsúkhion.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        There is an animal called castor; the animal is quite and very gentle.
  3. the fur of the beaver

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰστόρῐον; τοῦ κᾰστορῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κᾰστόρῐον
tò kăstórĭon 		τὼ κᾰστορῐ́ω
tṑ kăstorĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κᾰστόρῐᾰ
tằ kăstórĭă
Genitive τοῦ κᾰστορῐ́ου
toû kăstorĭ́ou 		τοῖν κᾰστορῐ́οιν
toîn kăstorĭ́oin 		τῶν κᾰστορῐ́ων
tôn kăstorĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ κᾰστορῐ́ῳ
tōî kăstorĭ́ōi 		τοῖν κᾰστορῐ́οιν
toîn kăstorĭ́oin 		τοῖς κᾰστορῐ́οις
toîs kăstorĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ κᾰστόρῐον
tò kăstórĭon 		τὼ κᾰστορῐ́ω
tṑ kăstorĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κᾰστόρῐᾰ
tằ kăstórĭă
Vocative κᾰστόρῐον
kăstórĭon 		κᾰστορῐ́ω
kăstorĭ́ō 		κᾰστόρῐᾰ
kăstórĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: καστόρι (kastóri)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܩܣܛܘܪܝܘܢ (qasṭōryōn)
  • → Latin: castoreum
  • → Old Armenian: կասդորիոս (kasdorios)

References

  1. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 130, 158

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