Κιννάμωμον

cinnamon, cassia

Translated by Catharine Roth7 Oct 2003Vetting: high8 revisions

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Herodotus says that birds bring these stalks; but we learned from the Phoenicians to call it this.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κιννάμωμον· Ἡρόδοτος λέγει, ὄρνιθας φέρειν ταῦτα τὰ κάρφη· ἡμεῖς δὲ παρὰ Φοινίκων μαθόντες καλοῦμεν οὕτω.

Betacode

*kinna/mwmon: *(hro/dotos le/gei, o)/rniqas fe/rein tau=ta ta\ ka/rfh: h(mei=s de\ para\ *foini/kwn maqo/ntes kalou=men ou(/tw.