σκίουρος

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τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι κρεῖσσον ἢ φῦναι βροτοῖς → not existing is better for mortals than being born, not to be born is better than life for mortals

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Transliteration A: skíouros Transliteration B: skiouros Transliteration C: skiouros Beta Code: ski/ouros

English (LSJ)

[ῐ], ὁ, (οὐρά) prop.

   A shadow-tail, i.e. squirrel, Opp.C.2.586; cf. Plin.HN8.138.

German (Pape)

[Seite 899] ὁ, das Eichhörnchen, weil es sich mit seinem breiten aufwärtsgeschlagenen Schwanze Schatten zu machen scheint, Ael. u. Opp. C. 2, 586, auch καμψίουρος u. ἵππουρος.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σκίουρος: ὁ, (οὐρὰ) κυρίως ὁ διὰ τῆς οὐρᾶς κάμνων εἰς ἑαυτὸν σκιὰν (πρβλ. σκιάποδες), τὸ ζῷον ἡ «βερβερίτσα», Ὀππ. Κυν. 2. 586· πρβλ. Πλίν. 8. 58· καλεῖται καὶ καμψίουρος, ἵππουρος. (Ἐντεῦθεν τὸ Ἀγγλ. squir-rel, διὰ μέσου τοῦ Λατ. ὑποκορ. sciur-iolus), Ἡσύχ.