Teilon
Teilon arabice buffo.
Apparatus:
Teilon AC efj | Theilon p | Tehilon B
Translation:
Teilon is Arabic for Latin buffo {"toad"}.
Commentary:
Simon’s often quoted source, the liber de doctrina arabica, has so far not been identified, but cf. what must be a similar glossary/dictionary- Vocabulista - ed. Schiaparelli (1871: 138): ﻂﻴﻠﻮﻥ /ṭailūn/ Bufo [[1]]; (1871: 273): BUFO ﻂﻴﻠﻮﻥ /ṭailūn/ [[2]].
Cf. Dozy (1877-81: II.81) ﻂﻴﻠﻮﻥ /ṭailūn/ … crapaud {i.e. "toad"} with Vocabulista and Pedro de Alcalá mentioned as his sources.
Cf. Simonet (1888: 528-9), s.v. THAILÓN ﻂﻴﻠﻮﻥ {/ṭailūn/} «bufo», who says that it is not an Arabic but a Spanish Arabic word similar to Greek χελιδών /khelidṓn/; the latter - apart from "tortoise" - can also mean "toad" in folk language [[3]].
WilfGunther 22:21, 22 September 2014 (BST)