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Bengi arabice iusquiamum Stephanus benegum scripsit.


Apparatus:

Bengi | Beagi ms. e {'n' misread as 'a'}
iusquiamum | iusquianũ j
{Stephanus} vero add. f
benegum | benagũ p | bñgum C


Translation:

Bengi is Arabic for Latin iusquiamum {"henbane"}; Stephanus writes benegum.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﺑﻨﺢ /banğ/ "henbane" (Hyoscyamus niger; bot.). Siggel (1950: 21): … ﺑﻨﺢ /banğ/ Hyoscyamus niger (Solanac.), Bilsenkraut {"henbane"}. [[1]].

Stephanus in his Breviarium writes: ysquiamos … begũ {probably misread from bengi > Latinised *bengum > *bẽgũ > *begũ [[2]]. Simon's form: benegum < *ben(e)gum.

WilfGunther (talk) 28/02/2014

See also: Iusquiamus


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