Kinos

Kimos Stephanus herba portulace similis et cetera.

Apparatus:

This lemma is not rubricated in B but is part of the section beginning with Kĩosis.
Kimos ejp | Kĩos B | Kinos AC {wrong expansion of Kĩos} | Kinosis f {contamination with the headword of a previous entry Kimosis}
et cetera om. B efjp

Translation:

Kimos, Stephanus says, is a herb similar to portulaca {“purslane”}, et cetera.

Commentary:

Stephanus in his Breviarium writes: Kimos herba portulace similis [[1]].
With this lemma Stephanus only offers for Latin a comparison with portulaca but no real Latin equivalent nor an Arabic plant name.

Kimos:
The Greek plant name κῆμος /kêmos/, itacist /kímos/, is described by LSJ as a synonym of λεοντοπόδιον /leontopódion/ and λεοντοπέταλον /leontopétalon/. For further discussion and the botanical identification see the entry Comos, where parts of Dioscorides’ chapter on κῆμος /kêmos/ is quoted.

WilfGunther (talk) 22:30, 18 June 2016 (BST)

See also Comos

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