Aque elmelich

Aque elmelich scripsit Stephanus pro achile melich et est mellilotum.

Apparatus:

Aque elmelich (-^el- p) ABC jp | Aque helmelich ms. e | Aquedinelich f {'el' misread as 'd'; 'm' misread as 'in'}

achile melich | achil lemech ms. e

mellilotum (-tuʒ A; -tũ ep) AC efp | melilotũ B | mellicratuʒ j

Translation:

Aque elmelich is what Stephanus writes for achile melich, and it is in Latin mellilotum {"melilot"}.

Commentary:

Stephanus in his Breviarium writes: melilotos aquelilelmelec [[1]].

Arabic ﺍﻛﻠﻴﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ /iklīl al-malik/ means lit. "crown of the king". Cf. Wehr (1976): ﺍﻛﻠﻴﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ /iklīl al-malik/ "yellow sweet clover, melilot (Melilotus officinalis L.; bot.). Siggel (1950: 16): ﺍﻛﻠﻴﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ /iklīl al-malik/ Melilotus officinalis Lam. (Leg.) Steinklee {i.e. "yellow sweet clover, melilot"}. In Simon's witnesses Arabic ﺍﻛﻠﻴﻞ /iklīl/ {"crown"} was contaminated with Latin aqua.

WilfGunther (talk) 20:42, 30 July 2015 (BST)

See also: Mellilotum

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