Kaysum

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Kaysum arabice abrotanum.


Apparatus:

Kaysum AC | Kaisum (-sũ B) B f | Karssuʒ apud aui͞c ms. e {Karssuʒ < Kaissum?}


Translation:

Kaysum is Arabic for Latin abrotanum {"southernwood"}.


Commentary:

Siggel (1950: 61): ﻗﻴﺴﻮﻢ /qaisūm/ ﻗﻴﺼﻮﻢ {/qaiṣūm/ not transcribed} Artemisia (the genus southernwood belongs to}.

Only witness f mentions Avicenna as the source, who indeed does have a chapter on abrotanum in the Canon, Liber secundus, Capitulum 69 (68). De abrotano... The original Arabic chapter is entitled ﻗﻴﺴﻮﻡ /qaisūm/, [[1]] p. 248.

Wilf Gunther 05/12/13


See also: Abrotanum

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