σησάμ-ινος

σησᾰμ-ῐνος, η, ον,

A made of sesame, σ. ἔλαιον sesame-oil, PRev.Laws 40.10 (iii B.C.), PPetr.3p.218 (iii B.C.), Str.16.4.26, Dsc.1.34;

δοκοί Peripl.M.Rubr.36

;

σ. χρῖμα X.An.4.4.13

(σ. ξύλα is prob. f.l. for συκάμινα in Dsc.1.98).

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `(grain of) wheat' (Il.).

Other forms: mostly pl. πῡροί (Schwyzer-Debr. 43, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 2, 30), Dor. (Cos, Thera, Syracuse a.o.) σπυρός.

Compounds: Compp., e.g. πυρο-φόρος `wheat-bearing' (Il.), διόσ-πυρον n. `the cherry-like fruit of Celtis australis' (Thphr.), - πυρος m. = λιθόσπερμον (Dsc.; Strömberg Pfl.namen 128 a. 138); on the gender cf. βούτυρον, - ος (s.v.).

Derivatives: Dimin. πυρίδια pl. n. (Ar., pap.); the adj. πύρ-ινος (E., X., hell.), - ικός (pap.), - ώδης (Str.), - άμινος (Hes. fr. 117 a.o.; after κυάμ-, σησάμ-ινος; Forbes Mnem. 4: 11, 157) `of wheat', - αμίς, - αμοῦς (s. v.); the subst. πυρ-ίτης ἄρτος `wheat-bread' (Aët.), αὑτο-πυρίτης (Phryn. Com., Hp.) = αὑτό-πυρος a. o. (Redard 90). -- Also πυρήν, - ῆνος m. `pip, stone of fruit' (Ion., Arist., hell.; Solmsen Wortforsch. 125f.) with ἀ-πύρην-ος `pitless' (Ar. Fr. 118, Thphr. etc.) a.o.; πυρην-ίς (Tanagra III^a; wr. πουρεινις), - ιον (Thphr.), - ίδιον (Delos III^a, pap.) `kernel, knag, knob'; also πυρην-άδες f. pl. n. of guild in Ephesos (inscr.); - ώδης `pit-like' (Thphr.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [850] * puH-ro- ( peh₁u-, puh₁-?) `corn, wheat'

Etymology: Old designation of wheat, which is also retained in Balto-Slav., e.g. Lith. pūraĩ pl. `winter corn', sg. pũras m. `single corn of winter corn', SCr. pȉr m. `spelt', Russ.-CSl. pyro ' ὄλυρα, κέγχρος', Russ. pyréj `dog-grass, Triticum repens'; to this from Germ. OE fyrs `dog-grass' (deviating stem; cf. Specht Ursprung 69). Skt. pūraḥ m. `cake' remains far (Mayrhofer KEWA s.v. w. lit.). On the facts Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 647. -- Anlaut. σ- in σπυρός perh. from σῖτος or from σπόρος, σπέρμα (Fraenkel Phil. 97, 169 f., IF 59, 304 f.). Further forms w. lit. in Fraenkel and Vasmer s.vv.; also WP. 2, 83 and Pok. 850. -- Orig. old `Wanderwort' (Schwyzer 58 n. 3 with Güntert a.o.)? After Nieminen KZ 74, 170f. as "what is beaten, what is threshed" to IE * pēu-, pǝu- (Pok. 827) `beat, hew cutting' in Lith. piáuti `cut, mow', Lat. paviō `beat'; worth considering.

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Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `seed and fruit of the sesame plant', also referring to the plant itself (IA.), - ος m., -η f. `id.' (Gp.)

Other forms: Dor. σάσαμον, Lac. σάαμον.

Dialectal forms: Myc. sasama (pl.).

Compounds: As 1. element e.g. σησαμο-πώλης m. `sesame merchant' (Att. inscr.).

Derivatives: 1. Subst.: σησαμ-ίς, - ίδος f. `dish made of roasted sesame seeds and honey' (Stesich., com.); 2. -ῆ (- έα Hdn.) f. `id.' (com.); 3. - ιον n. `id.' (Hdn.); 4. - ίτης m. `sesame cake' (Poll., Ath.); 5. adj. - ῖτις (γῆ) f. `planted with s.' (hell. pap.; Redard 91 a. 109); 6. - όεις, - οῦς `of s.' m. `sesame cake' (Hp., Ar. a. o.); 7. - ινος `made of s.' (X., hell. pap., Str. etc.); 8. - αῖος `id.' (Luc. a. o.); 9. - ικός `concerning s.' (pap.); 10. - ώδης `sesame-like' (Thphr.); 11. - ούντιος `made of s.' (sch.); 12. verb - εύω `to sow s.' with - εία f. (hell. pap.).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Semit.

Etymology: Orient (Sem. ?) LW [loanword] (on the formation cf. κάρδαμον, βάλσαμον a.o.); to Accad. šammaššamu `sesam', to which also Aram. šūmš <sup>e</sup>mā, Hitt. šam(m)am(m)a- n. `id.' a.o.; s. Lewy Fremdw. 28f., Przyluski-Regamey BSOS 8, 703ff., Laroche BSL 51 p. XXXIII, Kronasser Etymologie II 181, E. Masson Becherches 57 f. -- Lat. LW [loanword] sēsamum, sēsuma (s. W.-Hofmann v.).

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