Khaxkhax
Khaxkhax arabice papaver sed Stephanus cascasum scripsit.
Apparatus:
Khaxkhax AC | Khaxkaix f | Khaskhax ms. e | Kaxkhax j | Khaxkhiax p | Kaxchar B
cascasum (sũ- AC) AC f | cascassũ B jp | scacasuʒ ms. e
Translation:
Khaxkhax is Arabic for Latin papaver {"poppy"}, but Stephanus writes cascasum.
Commentary:
Wehr (1976): ﺧﺸﺨﺎﺶ /ḫašḫāš/ "poppy"; Siggel (1950: 32): ﺧﺸﺨﺎﺶ /ḫašḫāš/ Papaver somniferum, Mohn {i.e. "poppy"}.
Stephanus in his Breviarium writes: micõ … papauer … chaschasũ [[1]]; n.b. Greek μήκων /mḗkōn/, itacist /míkon/, means "poppy; esp. opium poppy, Papaver somniferum" (LSJ).
Stephanus likes to give Arabic lemmata a Latinised appearance often by adding an ending, here +um.
WilfGunther 08/12/13
See also: Cascasum, Scascasum, Mecon, Opium