- σαθρός
- σαθρόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `unsound, broken, broke, unhealthy, weak' (IA.).Derivatives: σαθρ-ότης f. `unsoundness' (late), -όομαι, -όω `to be, to make unsound' (LXX, pap. VIp) with -ωσις, -ωμα (pap. VIp, H.); σάθραξ φθείρ H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unexplained. By Fick (s. Bq) compared with ψαθυρός `brittle' (to ψῆν); Chantraine Form. 224 a. 373 thinks of σήθω (rejected by Benveniste Origines 202). Perh. cross of σαπρός with an unknown word? -- From there with metathesis NGr. θράσιον, θράσο `meat of animals that have died' (Hatzidakis Glotta 2, 299). -- Furnée 196 also compares ψαθυρός, ψαιδρά ἁραιότριχα H. and concludes that the word is Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,671
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.