Zahafaram

Zahafaram arabice crocus et est a latino nam grecus crokos.

Apparatus:

Zahafaram (-faran e) B e | Zahataram f {'f' misread as 't'} | Zehafaram AC

g̃cus (g̃ f) crokos B f | grecus (-cus C) crochos AC | ut apud nos grecus crokos ms. e

Translation:

Zahefaram is Arabic for crocus, the latter {pronunciation} being from Latin, but a Greek speaker {says} crokos.

Commentary:

Cf. Wehr (1976): ﺯﻋﻔﺭﺍﻥ /zaʕfarān/ "saffron". Siggel (1950: 40): ﺯﻋﻔﺭﺍﻥ /zaʕfarān/ Bt.-Staub v. Crocus sativus (Iridac.); Safran {i.e. "pollen from C. sativus, saffron"}

The Latin word crocus is of course loaned from Greek κρόκος /krókos/; the spelling crochos in witnesses AC is hypercorrect.

See also: Krocos

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