σαθέριον
Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλος → Life is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.
English (LSJ)
τό, prob. a kind of A beaver, Arist.HA594b31 (v.l. σαθρίον).
German (Pape)
[Seite 857] τό, ein in Flüssen lebendes Thier, Fischotter od. Biber, Arist. H. A. 8, 5.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σᾰθέριον: τό, πιθανῶς εἶδος κάστορος, «σαμοῦρι τοῦ νεροῦ», Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 8. 5, 8.
Greek Monolingual
τὸ, Α
πιθ. είδος κάστορα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Άγνωστης ετυμολ.].
Russian (Dvoretsky)
σαθέριον: τό предполож. бобр или выдра Arst.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: not well deined marine quadruped (Arist. H. A. 594 b).
Other forms: v.l. σαθρίον
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Furmée 190 says it will be a beaver, and compares σατύριον prob. the sorex moschatus (Arist. l.c., 32); acc. to H. ζῳ̃ον τετράπουν η λιμναῖον. He also notes Basque agreements: sateŕo field-mouse, satoŕ, sathoŕ mole.
