Kastaran
Kastaran arabice betonica que grece kestron dicitur Macer cestron.
Apparatus:
Kastaran (-rã B) ABCD | Kastaram e | Kastaron f
que om. f
kestron (-trõ B) ABCD f | kesteron e
cestron (-trõ B) B ef | zestron ACD
Translation:
Kastaran is Arabic for Latin betonica {"betony"}, which is in Greek kestron and in Macer cestron.
Commentary:
Simon is alluding to Macer Floridus, 11, 429, ed. Choulant (1832: 46): Betonicam soliti sunt Cestron dicere Graeci – "The Greeks call betonica {'betony'} Cestron".
Cf. Siggel (1950: 59): ﻗﺴﻄﺮﻭﻥ /qisṭurūn/, ﻗﺴﻂﻭﻥ/qisṭūn/ Betonica (Stachys) recta (Lab.); κέστρον.
The Arabic word is ultimately a loan from Greek κέστρον /késtron/, which is a synonym for βεττονική /bettonikḗ/ {"betony"}.
WilfGunther 08/12/13
See also: Betonica, Cestron (2)