Gemus

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Gemus arabice bubalus liber de doctrina arabica.


Apparatus:

Gemus | Genus f
arabica | greca ms. e | om. f


Translation:

Gemus is Arabic for Latin bubalus {"buffalo, wild ox"} according to the 'liber de doctrina arabica'.


Commentary:

Cf. Wehr (1976): ﺟﺎﻣﻮﺲ /ğāmūs/ "buffalo".

Simon's often quoted source, the Liber de doctrina arabica, has so far not been identified, but cf, what must be a similar glossary/dictionary - Vocabulista - ed. Schiaparelli (1871: 77) [[1]]: ﺟﺎﻣﻮﺲ /ğāmūs/ Bubalus [[2]]; (1871: 273): BUBALUS ﺟﺎﻣﻮﺲ - ﺟﻮﺍﻣﻴﺲ /ğāmūs - ğawāmīs/ [[3]].

WilfGunther 22:15, 29 June 2015 (BST)

For a different spelling see Iamus


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