Commentary for Yevamot 159:3

וליחוש שמא הבריא בינתים כיון דתחלתו וסופו לקוי לא חיישינן

R. Joseph said: It must have been such a saris<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The congenital eunuch or 'saris by nature' spoken of in our Mishnah. ');">⁶</span> of whom I heard Ammi saying. 'He who is afflicted from birth',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'from his mother's bowels'. ');">⁷</span> and I did not know [at the time] to whom he was referring. But should we not take into consideration the possibility that he might have recovered in the meantime!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the periods of his early and present impotency. And since he was possessed of his manly powers even if only for a short time, bow could he (v. our Mishnah) be regarded as a 'saris by nature'? ');">⁸</span>

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