κατάστειρος

κατάστειρος, ον,

A barren, Vett. Val.14.26.

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `infertile', of cow, goat, woman, also metaph. (Od., Hp., hell. a. late), `virginal' (Lyc., Luc.), second. στεῖρος (E. Andr. 711 as v. l. to στερρός), εὑνούχους στείρους (Man.), κατάστειρος (Vett. Val.; cf. κάτ-ισχνος a.o.).

Derivatives: στειρ-ώδης `(looking) infertile' (Hp., sp.), - όομαι, - όω `to become resp. to make infertile resp.' (LXX, Phld., Ph. a.o.) with - ωσις, - ωτικός; - εύω `to be infertile' (Gal.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1031] * ster-ih₂ `infertile'

Etymology: Formation like πίειρα, χίμαιρα, μοῖρα a.o. (Schwyzer 494, Chantraine Form. 98). Old designation of an infertile animal, also of an infertile woman, in several languages retained. With στεῖρα agree esp. well Arm. sterǰ `infertile' from *ster-i̯- (as anurǰ: ὄνειρος; diff. Pedersen KZ 38, 244 a.o.; s. WP. 2, 640) and Skt. starī́-ḥ `infertile cow', all from * ster-ih₂. Another formation is seen in Lat. sterilis `infertile' (after gracilis, fertilis? Leumann Glotta 42, 118 against Mastrelli), Germ., e.g. Goth. staírō f. `infertile woman' (innovation; Schulze Kl. Schr. 60 n. 6), Alb. shtjerrë `joung cow, lamb' (- rr- polyinterpr., cf. Mann Lang. 28, 37) a.o. -- Further forms w. lit. in WP. l.c., Pok. 1031 and esp. W.-Hofmann s. sterilis. See Eichner, Sprache 20 (1974) 26-39. Cf. στερεός, στέριφος.

Page in Frisk: 2,783