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Headword:
*shsamou=s
Adler number: sigma,341
Translated headword: sesamous
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Sesamous] and sesame are different: [a] sesamous [is] a kind of cake,[1] but sesame is what we call sesamis.[2]
Also [sc. attested is] 'sesame oil' and lard; those who had gone on campaign with Cyrus rubbed themselves down with it.[3]
Greek Original:*shsamou=s kai\ shsamh= diafe/rei: shsamou=s me\n ei)=dos plakou=ntos, shsamh= de/, h(\n h(mei=s fame\n shsami/da. kai\ *shsa/minon e)/laion kai\ su/einon: w(=| e)xri/onto oi( su\n *ku/rw| sustrateuqe/ntes.
Notes:
[1] cf. under
pi 3192.
[2] From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Peace 869 (see web address 1).
[3] cf.
Xenophon,
Anabasis 4.4.13 (web address 2): the men used
sesaminon (sesame oil) and
sueinon (lard) instead of
elaion (olive oil). Again at
sigma 1319.
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: biography; botany; comedy; definition; food; historiography; history; medicine; military affairs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 18 March 2010@10:25:00.
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