Rasenigi

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Rasenigi scripsit Stephanus pro feniculo quod est razienigi et alicubi rasianegum scripsit.


Apparatus:

Rasenigi AC | Rasienegi (-nigi f) efp | Rasengi B | Racienigi j
est om. f
razienigi AC ef | ratienigi B | racienigi j | razienegi p
et alicubi | alibi f | om. B
rasianegum ABC jp | raseneguʒ ms. e | rasranegum f
scripsit | dixit f


Translation:

Stephanus writes Arabic rasenigi for Latin feniculum {"fennel"}, which is really razienigi in Arabic, and in other places he writes rasianegum.


Commentary:

Rasenigi:
Siggel (1950: 37): ﺭﺍﺯﻳﺎﻧﺞ /rāziyānağ/ Foeniculum vulgare (Umb.), Fenchel {i.e. "fennel"}.

Stephanus in his Breviarium writes maratron … rasianegũ [[1].]
N.b. Greek μάραθον /márathon/, also μάραθρον /márathron/, means "fennel" (LSJ).


WilfGunther (talk) 18:47, 26 October 2016 (BST)


See also: Racienigi, Feniculus


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