Askincor

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Askincor ara. stincus.

Askincor is the Arabic word 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” (Liddell & Scott).