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Sus arabice liquiritia in rob sus succus eius.


Apparatus:

liquiritia (-qui B) ABC jp | liquiricia ms. e | liquiricia f
in AC f | inde (ĩde B; i͠n jp) B ejp
succus ABC | sucus (-us fj) efjp


Translation:

Sus is Arabic for Latin liquiritia {"licorice"}; as in e.g. Arabic: rob sus, which means juice of liquiritia {"licorice"}.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﺭﺏ /rubb/ "rob, thickened juice of fruit; mash, pulp". ﺳﻮﺱ /sūs/ "licorice, (Glycyrrhiza glabra; bot.)". ﺭﺏ ﺳﻮﺱ /rubb sūs/ "licorice juice".

See also: Rhiza, Glicoriza


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