Sum (1)
From Simon Online
Sum arabice vel som toxicum.
Apparatus:
arabice vel B efjp | v. a. AC
som | son B
{toxicum} ul’ toxicaʒ add. j
Translation:
Sum or som is Arabic for Latin toxicum {"poison"}.
Commentary:
Sum/ som:
Wehr (1976): ﺳﻢ /samm/ "poison, toxin; venom".
A vocalisation closer to Simon’s form Sum is found in
- Vocabulista, ed. Schiaparelli (1871: 120): ﺳﻢ /summ/ Venenari [[1]]; (1871: 622): VENENUM ﺳﻢ /summ/ [[2]].
- This vocalisation is also attested in the Glossarium Latino-Arabicum, Seybold (1900: 528): uenenum ﺳﻢ /sum/ [3]] and in
- de Alcalá (1883: 427): venino ponçoña {i.e. “poison”} çumm [[4]].
Cf. also Corriente (1997: 262), s.v. *(SMM).
WilfGunther 11:29, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
See also: Yos