Catafum
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Catafum scripsit Stephanus pro kataf.
Apparatus:
Catafum (-fũ fjp) ABC fjp | Catapsuʒ e
kataf ABC ej | cataf f | katas p {‘f’ misread as ‘s’}
Translation:
Stephanus writes catafum for Arabic kataf {"orache"}.
Commentary:
Catafum:
is Stephanus's Latinized form of Arabic ﻒﻄﻑ /qaṭaf/, Siggel (1950: 60): Atriplex hortensis (Chenopodiac.), Gartenmelde {i.e. "orache"}. In his Breviarium it is mentioned under: Astrafachus catafum [[1]] and Andrafaxis atriplex sermacũ catafum [[2]]. Stephanus was fond of Latinizing Arabic words, cf. his Sermacum q.v.
WilfGunther (talk) 11:50, 4 December 2015 (GMT)