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|elrutext='''σύργαστρος:''' ὁ ползающий на брюхе, пресмыкающийся, т. е. змей Anth.
|elrutext='''σύργαστρος:''' ὁ ползающий на брюхе, пресмыкающийся, т. е. змей Anth.
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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: meaning unclear (Alciphr.; v.l. dat. sg. <b class="b3">-ορι</b>), poet. des. of the snake (AP 15, 26 = Dosiad. Ara), so here understood as <b class="b3">την γαστέρα σύρων</b> <b class="b2">trailing the belly</b>. By EM, Phot. and H. (wo has <b class="b3">συργάστωρ</b>) as [[swineherd]] explained, to which in EM a. Phot. still = <b class="b3">ἐργάτης</b>; by H. called <b class="b3">ὄνομα βαρβαρικόν</b>.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Radermacher Festschr. Kretschmer 160 ff. reminds of <b class="b3">Ζεὺς Συργάστης</b> in Bithynia and seeks the origin in a foreign slave-name, that was reinterpreted as appellative.
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