Leuz

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Leuz arabice amigdala leuzum fericum dixit Stephanus.


Apparatus:

Leuʒ fjp | Leuz B | Leus ms. e | Leũ (< Leum) ACD
arabice om. j
amigdala | amigdela j
leuʒum D e | leuʒũ AC fp | leuzũ B
leuzum fericum dixit Stephanus om. j
fericum (-cũ A) ACD | friquũ B | feriquũ efp


Translation:

Leuz is Arabic for Latin amigdala {"almond"}; Stephanus writes leuzum {fericum see Commentary below}.


Commentary:

Leuz:
In the form Leũ < Leum a final 'z' was misread as a "sideways m" = ʒ.

Wehr (1976): ﻟﻮﺯ /lauz/ "almond(s)". Siggel (1950: 66): ﻟﻮﺯ /lauz/ Fr. v. Amygdala communis (Ros.) Mandel {i.e. "fruit of the almond-tree"}.

fericum,
friquũ and feriquũ are representations of a word used in Stephanus, who in his Breviarium writes: amigdali … louzũ ferquũ [[1]]
Cf. Dozy (1877-81: II.261): ﻓﺮﻙ /firk/ "qui s’ouvre facilement (amande)" {i.e. 'that can easily be opened (almond)'}. Dozy is also the source for Corriente (1997: 397), s.v. *(FRK): lawz firk "a kind of almond easy to husk". N.b. √frk "to rub (to open)".


WilfGunther 10:25, 22 June 2015 (BST)


See also: Amigdala


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