σίναπι

See also: σινάπι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • νᾶπῠ (nâpŭ)Attic
  • σῐ́νᾱπῐς (sĭ́nāpĭs), σῐ́νηπῐ (sĭ́nēpĭ)
  • σῐ́νᾱπῠ (sĭ́nāpŭ), σῐ́νηπῠ (sĭ́nēpŭ), σῐ́νηπῠς (sĭ́nēpŭs)

Etymology

In mid-20th century thought from Demotic snwpt,[1] but Beekes 2010 considers it Pre-Greek,[2] and related to νᾶπῠ (nâpŭ, mustard).[3]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῐ́νᾱπῐ • (sĭ́nāpĭn (genitive σῐνᾱ́πεως); third declension

  1. the mustard plant (Sinapis alba)

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References

  1. ^ Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 43
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σίνᾱπι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1333

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