Racienigi

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Racienigi arabice feniculus rasieinegum alicubi scripsit Stephanus.


Apparatus:

Racienigi AC | Raziẽigi B | Rasieingi f | Ragienegi ms. e

rasieineguʒ (-gũ A) AC | rasiẽegũ B | rasianegum (-gũ ms. e) ef

scripsit Stephanus (Step. A; steph. B) ABC e | stephanus scripsit f


Translation:

Stephanus writes Arabic racienigi for Latin feniculus {"fennel"}, and elsewhere he writes rasieinegum.


Commentary:

Stephanus in his Breviarium writes maratron … rasianegũ [[1].]. N.b. Greek μάραθον /márathon/, also μάραθρον /márathron/, means "fennel" (LSJ).

Cf. Siggel (1950: 37): ﺭﺍﺯﻳﺎﻧﺞ /rāziyānağ/ Foeniculum vulgare (Umb.), Fenchel {i.e. "fennel"}.

See also: Rasenigi, Feniculus


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