Keration

Keration grece siliqua xylocerata carubia pro arbore pro fructu carnub arabice.

Apparatus:

Keration | Keracion f
siliqua (-q͂ A) AC | xiliqua efjp | xilaq͂ B
xylocerata AC | xilocarata jp | xilocaracta B ef
{xilocarata} ms. p inserts here the text of the next entry: Keras grece cornu, but ms. p repeats Keras grece cornu rubricated after this entry.
carrubia C | carubia A f | karubia B ep | barubia j
{karubia} ms. p adds an attempt to write κεράτιον /kerátion/ in Greek script
{barubia} g’ {= grece} add. j
arbore .s. B fjp | | fructu arboris ms. e | arbore AC
{arbore .s.} ms. p adds a repeated attempt to write κεράτιον /kerátion/ in Greek script
{fructu} sed add. f
carnub AC e | karnub B | karuub jp | karumb f

Translation:

Keration is Greek for Latin siliqua, {also used in Greek alternatively is} xylocerata {and in Latin the alternative expression is} carubia for the {"carob"} tree and for the fruit; and in Arabic it is carnub.

Commentary:

Keration:
In its basic meaning κεράτιον /kerátion/ - the “little horn” - is the diminutive of κέρας /kéras/ “horn. From there it developed all kinds of derivative meanings for “horn-shaped” phenomena. The fruit pods of the carob tree, which are horn-shaped [[1]] were called τὰ κεράτια /tà kerátia/ “the little horns”, and from there the carob tree was named κερατία /keratía/ or κερατέα /keratéa/.

The weight of a seed was used as a unit for measuring small quantities, and this is generally assumed to be the origin of the modern carat unit of weight, cf. Kirat.

siliqua:
See Siliaque, Siliqua

xylocerata:
< Greek ξυλοκέρατον /xylokératon/ “carob (tree)”. See Xilocerata

carubia/carnub:
See Carnub, Karnub

Botanical identification:

See Siliaque.

WilfGunther (talk) 15:07, 29 February 2016 (GMT)

See also Siliaque, Xilocerata, Carnub, Ceracia

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