Cathemia

Cathemia scripsit Stephanus pro khitim que est altea.

Apparatus:

Cathemia AC e | Catemia B fjp

khitim AC | kirtim (kirtim p; khirtiʒ j) B ejp | khi͡tuʒ f

altea | altera B

Translation:

Cathemia is the form Stephanus uses for {Arabic} khitim, which denotes altea {"marsh mallow"}.

Commentary:

Stephanus in his Breviarium writes: althea … cathemia [[1]].

Cf. Wehr (1976): ﺧﻄﻤﻰ /ḫiṭmī, ḫaṭmī/ (coll.; n.un. ﺓ) "marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis; bot.)".

Siggel (1950: 33): ﺧﻄﻤﻰ /ḫiṭmī/ Althaea officinalis (Malvac.), Eibisch, Stockrose {i.e. "common marshmallow"}.

Lane (1984: 768): ﺧﻄﻤﻰ /ḫiṭmī/ or ﺧﻄﻤﻰ /ḫaṭmī/ … ["Althaea; the Althea officinalis of Linn.; i.e. marsh mallow"]

The XIth c. Glossarium Latino-Arabicum, ed. Seybold (1900: 17), records: altea ﺍﻟﺨﻄﻤﻰ /al-ḫaṭmī/ [[2]].

and ﺧﻄﻤﻰ /ḫaṭmī/ Eibisch {i.e. "marsh mallow"} is also attested in Karbstein (2002: 279, 296).

Stephanus's Cathemia is a Latinised version of the variant ﺧﻄﻤﻰ /ḫaṭmī/.

WilfGunther 17:44, 4 July 2015 (BST)

See also: Althea, Khitim

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