Fanax

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Fanax arabice panax .f. pro .p. quo carent ponentes.


Apparatus:

arabice C e | ara. A | aŕ. B | pro f

carent C e | carẽt B f | caret A


Translation:

Fanax is Arabic for Greek/Latin panax. The Arabs put /f/ for /p/, because they do not have the sound /p/.


Commentary:

Siggel (1950: 55): ﻓﺎﻧﺎﻗﺲ /fānāqas/ das Panaces ds. Diosk. {i.e. "the panaces of Dioscorides"}, πάνακες {/pánakes/}.


See also: Panax (1), Panax (2)


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