ζατρίκιον
English (LSJ)
τό, the game of chess, chessboard, Sch.Theoc.6.18. From Skt. चतुरङ्ग caturaṅga 'four parts' of an army: 'king, elephants, horses and foot soldiers', through Persian شترنگ (šatrang) and Arab.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ζατρίκιον: τό, τὸ γνωστὸν παιγνίδιον, «σκάκι», Σχόλ. Θεοκρ. 6. 18· «παιδιὰ δὲ τοῦτο ἐκ τῆς τῶν Ἀσσυρίων τρυφῆς ἐξευρημένον καὶ εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐληλυθὸς» Ἄννα Κομν. 12, σ. 360· ἴδε Δουκάγγ.· - ζατρικίζω, παίζω τὸ ζατρίκιον, Ἀχμὲτ Ὀνειρ. 241.