σαύρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σαύρη (saúrē) — Ionic

Etymology

Beekes claims a Pre-Greek origin.[1]

Pronunciation
 

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

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

Greek

Noun

σαύρα • (sávra) f (plural σαύρες)

  1. lizard

Declension
declension of σαύρα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative σαύρα • σαύρες •
genitive σαύρας • σαυρών •
accusative σαύρα • σαύρες •
vocative σαύρα • σαύρες •

Further reading
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