Κόμμι
gum
Translated by Nick Nicholas19 Jan 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Gum [sc. is the term for] both frankincense and dried milky tears.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κόμμι· κόμμι καὶ ὁ λιβανωτός, καὶ τὸ ἐξηραμμένον ὀπῶδες δάκρυον.
Betacode
*ko/mmi: ko/mmi kai\ o( libanwto/s, kai\ to\ e)chramme/non o)pw=des da/kruon.
Notes
- Cited more extensively in pi 928, Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and Pausanias the Atticist s.v.
pe/lanoi , and attributed to Dionysius Thrax fr.51 Linke. Tree sap is frequently termed "tears", starting with Herodotus 2.96: "its sap is gum".
The headword itself,ko/mmi , is a non-Greek word, perhaps Egyptian (LSJ s.v.).
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Revision history4 revisions · last 26 Dec 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas