- σύργαστρος
- σύργαστροςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: meaning unclear (Alciphr.; v.l. dat. sg. -ορι), poet. des. of the snake (AP 15, 26 = Dosiad. Ara), so here understood as την γαστέρα σύρων `trailing the belly'. By EM, Phot. and H. (wo has συργάστωρ) as `swineherd' explained, to which in EM a. Phot. still = ἐργάτης; by H. called ὄνομα βαρβαρικόν.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Radermacher Festschr. Kretschmer 160 ff. reminds of Ζεὺς Συργάστης in Bithynia and seeks the origin in a foreign slave-name, that was reinterpreted as appellative.Page in Frisk: 2,821
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.