Zibatum

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Zibatum alicubi Stephanus pro argento vivo scripsit.


Apparatus:

Zibatum (-tuʒ j; -tũ C p) ABC jp | Zibarum (-rũ e) ef < *zibacum {'c' misread as 't' or 'r'}, see Stephanus' Breviarium.
pro argento vivo scripsit | s. p. a. u. ms. j


Translation:

Zibatum is the word Stephanus uses in some places for Latin argentum vivum ("quicksilver"}.


Commentary:

Zibatum:
Cf. Wehr (1976): ﺯﺋﺑﻖ /ziʔbaq/ "quicksilver, mercury". Siggel (1950: 81): ﺯﻳﺑﻳﻖ /zībaq/ Qu. {i.e. "quicksilver"}.

Stephanus in his Breviarium writes: y̓drargiros … zibacum [[1]].
N.b. Greek ὑδράργυρος /hydrárgyros/ means "mercury"; see Ydragiros.


WilfGunther 18:05, 3 October 2014 (BST)


For the Arabic lermma see also: Zaibat


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