Cumetre

Cumetre arabice pira cumetiran scripsit Stephanus.

Apparatus:

cumetiran AC | cumẽtiran (-rã B) B e | cum͂turan p | Cumetṛ̣ịã {ṛ̣ị is marked as invalid and ur written over it superscript} j | cometira f
scripsit Stephanus | stephanus scripsit ms. e | stephs dicit f

Translation:

Cumetre is Arabic for Latin pira {"pear"}; Stephanus writes cumetiran.

Commentary:

Cumetre:
Wehr (1976): ﻛﻤﺘﺮﻯ /kummaṯrā/ "pear". Siggel (1950: 64): ﻛﻤﺘﺮﻯ /kummaṯrā/ Fr. v. Pirus communis, Birne {i.e. "pear"}.

Stephanus in his Breviarium writes: apios … pirus … cumetherũ [[1]].
N.b. Greek ἄπιος /ápios/ means "pear-tree" or "pear".

WilfGunther 30/11/2012

See also: Kumetre

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