σησᾰμ-εύω

σησᾰμ-εύω,

A cultivate sesame, PSI4.432.3, PTeb. 815 Fr. 3rii 10 (both iii B.C.).

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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