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''Askincor'' is the Arabic word for Latin ''stincus'' {"skink lizard"}.
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''Askincor'' is Arabic for Latin ''stincus'' {"skink lizard"}.
  
  
 
<span style="color:#3CB371">Commentary:</span>
 
<span style="color:#3CB371">Commentary:</span>
  
Siggel p. 14: ﺍﺳﻗﻧﻗﻮﺭ isqanqūr Scincus officinalis, Skunx {i.e. "skink lizard"}.
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Siggel p. 14: ﺍﺳﻗﻧﻗﻮﺭ /isqanqūr/ Scincus officinalis, Skunx {i.e. "skink lizard"}.
  
 
'c' misread as 't' in ''scincus''.  
 
'c' misread as 't' in ''scincus''.  

Revision as of 11:15, 14 April 2013

Askincor arabice stincus.


Translation:

Askincor is Arabic for Latin stincus {"skink lizard"}.


Commentary:

Siggel p. 14: ﺍﺳﻗﻧﻗﻮﺭ /isqanqūr/ Scincus officinalis, Skunx {i.e. "skink lizard"}.

'c' misread as 't' in scincus. Latin scincus/scincos is adopted from Greek σκίγγος /skíngos/, σκίγκος /skínkos/, English skink; it is "a kind of lizard found in Africa and the East, used in medicine" (LSJ).

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