Asacum

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Asacum vocat Stephanus amoniacum.


Apparatus:

Asacum AC | Assacũ jp | Assatuʒ (-tũ B) B f {'c' misread as 't'} | Asarũ ms. e {'c' misread as 'r'}


Translation:

Asacum is the word Stephanus has coined for Latin amoniacum {"gum ammoniac"}.


Commentary:

Stephanus in his Breviarium writes: amoniacõ amoniacũ - assacum [[1]].

For Arabic ﺍﺷﻖ /aššaq/ /ašaq/ "gum ammoniac" see Asach.


WilfGunther 13:56, 23 July 2015 (BST)


See also: Amoniacum (2)


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