Askincor
Askincor arabice stincus.
Translation:
Askincor ACD ef | Askinchor B
stincus ABCD f | stinckus e
Translation:
Askincor is Arabic for Latin stincus {"skink lizard"}.
Commentary:
Siggel (1950: 14): ﺍﺳﻗﻧﻗﻮﺭ /isqanqūr/ Scincus officinalis, Skunx {i.e. "skink lizard"}.
'c' misread as 't' in scincus. The misreading stincus, e.g. present in all of Simon's witnesses, was common; even Linnaeus named the animal erroneously Lacerta stincus [sic|]
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).
Zoological identification:
It is most likely Scincus scincus, Linnaeus (1758) , syn. Scincus officinalis by several authors, cf. Siggel (1950). [[1]]
