castor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

castor, ŏris, m., = κάστωρ,

the castor , beaver; pure Lat. fiber: Castor fiber, Linn.; Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 26; cf. id. 8, 30, 47, § 109; Cic. ap. Isid. Orig. 12, 2, 21; Ov. Nux. 166; acc. castorem, Ap. Met. 1, 9, 2; castora, Juv. 12, 34.

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