- σάτυρος
- σάτυροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `Satyr', mostly in plur. as des. of mythical beings of nature, which belong to the company of Dionysos and which are often represented as (he-)goats (since Hes. Fr. 198, 2); metaph. as des. of apes with tail (Paus., Ael.).Derivatives: 1. dimin. σατυρ-ίσκος m. (Theoc. a.o.), also as plantname (Ps.-Dsc.), -ίδιον n. (Stratt.); 2. -ικός `satyr-like, belonging to the satyr play' (Pl., X., Arist. etc.; Chantraine Études 150), -ιος `id.' (pap.), -ώδης `satyr-like' (Luc. a.o.); 3. -ιον n. name of several plants, which were used as sexual rousing means (Dsc., Plu., Gal. a.o.; Strömberg Pfl.namen 93 a. 100), also name of an aquarian animal (Arist.); 4. -ιστής m. `actor in a satyr play' (D. H.; after κιθαριστής etc.); 5. -ιάω `to suffer from satyriasis' (Arist., medic.) with -ίασις, Ion. -ίησις f., also -ι(α)σμός m. (medic.); also -ιακός `causing satyriasis' (Ruf.), -ιακή f. `remedy against s.' (medic.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Appellative meaning unknown (on the notion Nilsson Gr. Rel. I2 232ff. w. lit.), so without etymology; without doubt foreign word. Several hypotheses 1. old, inherited: a. Solmsen IF 30, 36 ff.: prop. "cui membrun... turget", from *σήν `penis' (s. σαίνω) and tū̆- `swell' (s. τύλη). b. Brugmann IF 39, 114ff.: σα- strengthening (s. σαφής) with 2. member like Solmsen. c. Grošelj Živa Ant. 2, 215ff.: to ψῆν with suffix -τυ-ρο-ς, prop. "the gnawer". 2. Illyrian: a. Krahe Sprache 1, 37ff. (after Eisler; w. lit.): to IE *sē- `sow', prop. "the sower" and identical with Lat. sator. b. Kerényi Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni 9, 151 ff. and Rev. int. ét. balk. 2 : 1--2, 21: to IE *sā- `satiate' (s. ἅδην and ἆσαι), prop. "full, plump being" and identical with Lat. satur . -- Cf. Σιληνός and τίτυρος. -- The word is prob. Pre-Greek: suffix -υρ-.Page in Frisk: 2,681-682
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.