Κάστορος (Kastoros)

Κάστορος is an Ancient Greek form of Κάστωρ, meaning “Castor — one of the Dioscuri, twin of Polydeuces”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of κάστωρ, “beaver, Castor fiber”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 31 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 22.25: Κάστορος ἢ πρώτου Πολυδεύκεος ἄρξομʼ ἀείδειν;

Euripides, Electra 1064: ἄμφω ματαίω Κάστορός τʼ οὐκ ἀξίω.

Euripides, Helen 205: κάστορός τε συγγόνου τε

All forms of Κάστωρ (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.