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ἰάσμη

iasme · ἡ

jessamine, Jasminum officinale

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What it meant — LSJ

jessamine, Jasminum officinale, oil of jasmine

jessamine, Jasminum officinale, Aët. ap. Ps.-Dsc. 1.63 (fr. Pers. yāsam ): ἰάσμῐνον, τό, oil of jasmine, ibid.:—also ἰασμέλαιον, τό, Aët. 1.119 (who states that ἰάσμη = ἰάσμινον = ἰασμέλαιον was prepared ἐκ τῶν ἀνθῶν τῶν λευκῶν τοῦ ἴου, καὶ ἐλαίου σησαμίνου).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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