σαθέριον
ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων → the hidden attunement is better than the obvious one, invisible connection is stronger than visible, harmony we can't see is stronger than harmony we can, unseen harmony is stronger than what we can see
English (LSJ)
τό, prob. a kind of beaver, Arist.HA594b31 (v.l. σαθρίον).
German (Pape)
[Seite 857] τό, ein in Flüssen lebendes Thier, Fischotter od. Biber, Arist. H. A. 8, 5.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
σαθέριον: τό предполож. бобр или выдра Arst.
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.].
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.
