σάτρα

Etymology
The existence and meaning of this word is disputed. It was interpreted by some early scholars as a phonetic rendering of an 🇨🇬 word, possibly. Only attested in a line spoken in (mock-)Persian in Aristophanes' Acharnians.

Noun

 * 1)  Persian word for gold

Usage notes

 * Alternatively, Andreas Willi (2004) suggests that the wordbreak should be inserted after the sigma, yielding *ατρα. He interprets this as an reflex of  (compare  and ):
 * Another proposal comes from Brandenstein and Mayrhofer (1964), who offer the following reading:
 * Another proposal comes from Brandenstein and Mayrhofer (1964), who offer the following reading: