Karnub

Karnub arabice carubia xilocerata grece siliqua.

Apparatus:

Karnub AC ep | Karũb B | Karumb f | Karnud? j
karubia B ep | carubia fj | carnibia AC
xilocerata AC | xilocarata jp | xilocaracta B ef
siliqua AC p | xiliqua (-qua B; -q^a f) B ef | xiliqʒ j

Translation:

Karnub {"carob"} is Arabic for Latin carubia, in Greek it is xilocerata and another Latin name is siliqua.

Commentary:

Karnub:
< Arabic ﺧﺮﻧﻮﺏ /ḫarnūb/ "St.-John's-bread, carob". For further linguistic information see Carnub.

carubia/carnubia:
Medieval forms car(r)uba, car(r)ubium, car(r)ubia, etc. are derived from the Arabic variant ﺧﺮﻭﺏ /ḫarrūb/, and carnubium, carnubia, etc. derived from the variant ﺧﺮﻧﻮﺏ /ḫarnūb/; see Carnub

Xillocerata:
< Greek ξυλοκέρατον /xylokératon/ "carob (tree)". See Xilocerata.

Siliqua:
Latin siliqua {more precisely: siliqua Graeca) "the carob-tree, a carob, St. John's bread" (Lewis & Short, 1879). For the unusual spelling xiliqua see Siliaque.

WilfGunther (talk) 14:30, 27 February 2016 (GMT)

See also: Carnub, Siliaque

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