սկարոս

Old Armenian

Etymology

Transliteration of Ancient Greek σκάρος (skáros, parrotfish) by the translator of Hexaemeron.

Noun

սկարոս • (skaros)

  1. parrotfish
    • 5th century, Basil of Caesarea, Yałags Vecʿawreay ararčʿutʿean [Homiliae in Hexaemeron] 7:[1][2]
      Եւ չիք ի ձկունս, որ որոճիցէ, բայց միայն մի ազգն, որ անուանեալ կոչի սկարոս (var. սկարօս, սակրօս, սակրոս), որպէս և պատմեն զնոցանէ ոմանք։
      Ew čʻikʻ i jkuns, or oročicʻē, baycʻ miayn mi azgn, or anuaneal kočʻi skaros (var. skarōs, sakrōs, sakros), orpēs ew patmen znocʻanē omankʻ.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Nor is there among fish a ruminant, except only one kind which is called parrot-fish, as some say about it.

References

  1. Barseġ Kesaracʻi (1984) Kim Muradyan, editor, Yałags Vecʻawreay ararčʻutʻean [Homiliae in Hexaemeron], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 226
  2. Thomson, Robert W. (2012) Saint Basil of Caesarea and Armenian Cosmology: A Study of the Armenian Version of Saint Basil's Hexaemeron and its Influence on Medieval Armenian Views about the Cosmos (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium; 646. Subsidia; 130), Leuven: Peeters, page 190

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