σίναπι

See also: σινάπι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • νᾶπῠ (nâpu) Attic
  • σῐ́νᾱπῐς (sínāpis), σῐ́νηπῐ (sínēpi)
  • σῐ́νᾱπῠ (sínāpu), σῐ́νηπῠ (sínēpu), σῐ́νηπῠς (sínēpus)

Etymology

Probably a loan from Demotic snwpt,[1] but Beekes considers it Pre-Greek.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῐ́νᾱπῐ • (sínāpi) n (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
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