Susanum
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Susanum scripsit Stephanus pro susen.
Translation:
Stephanus writes susanum for {Arabic} susen {"lily"}.
Commentary:
Stephanus in his Breviarium writes: krrinõ sufanũ albũ
[[1]].
N.b. Greek κρίνον /krínon/ means “lily”, see Krimon;
Arabic ﺳﻮﺴﻦ /sūsan/ is given a Latinised ending: susan-um; sufanũ < susanũ with ‘sa’ misread as ‘fa’;
Latin album means "white".
WilfGunther (talk) 21:03, 1 February 2016 (GMT)
See also Susen