καστόριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κάστωρ (kástōr) +‎ -ιον (-ion)

Noun

καστόριον • (kastórion)

castoreum
beaver
- 2nd–4th centuries AD, Physiologus 26.1:[1]
  Ἔστι ζῶον, λεγόμενον καστόριον, ἤπιον πάνυ καὶ ἡσύχιον.
  Ésti zôon, legómenon kastórion, ḗpion pánu kaì hēsúkhion.
  Translation by Gohar Muradyan
  There is an animal called castor; the animal is quite and very gentle.
the fur of the beaver

Descendants

Greek: καστόρι (kastóri)
→ Classical Syriac: ܩܣܛܘܪܝܘܢ (qasṭōryōn)
→ Latin: castoreum
→ Old Armenian: կասդորիոս (kasdorios)

References

Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎, Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 130, 158

Further reading

καστόριον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

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