Zeitumum

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Zeitumum pro zaitumum scripsit Stephanus alicubi.


Apparatus:

Zeitumũ C | Zeitrimũ B | Zeitimum (-muʒ e) ef

zaitumũ C | zaitũ B e | zaicum f

Stephanus om. B

alicubi ABC e | alibi f


Translation:

Stephanus writes zeitumum instead of zaitumum in some places.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﺯﻳﺘﻮﻥ /zaitūn/ "olive tree, olive(s)".

Stephanus in his Breviarium writes: elea … oliua … zercunũ {<*zeitunũ with 'it' misread as 'rc'} [[1]].

Simon's forms are made up of /zaitūn/ + {Latin ending} –um > zaitunum/zeitumum with 'n' misread as 'm'.


See also: Olea (2), Elea


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