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κᾰσία

kasia

cassia, Cinnamomum iners

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1. κασία · kasia — Beekes

κασία [f.] ‘cassia, Cinnamomum iners’, a kind of cinnamon (Sapph., Melanipp., Hdt., Thphr.). VAR Ion. -[η (rarely -oo-). *DER κασσίζω ‘to smell or taste cassia’ (Dsc.). *ETYM An oriental loanword; cf. Hebr. q’si‘ah, Assyr. kasta. Originally Austro-Asiatic (Kretschmer Glotta 27 (1939): 250 after Gonda). Cf. E. Masson 1967: 48f. and Welles 1934: 342. — [Beekes, s.v. κασία, p. 700]

2. κασία · kasia — Chantraine

κασία : ion. -in (parfois -o0-) «arbre à cannelle, cannelle », Cinnamomum iners (Sapho, Hdt., Thphr., etc.). D'où χασιόπνους «qui a l’odeur de cannelle» (Antiph. 52,14) et le verbe dénominatif xacoitw «avoir le goût ou l'odeur de cannelle » (Dsc.). Le mot a pu servir dans l'onomastique, L. Robert, Noms indigènes 179. Et,: Mot emprunté à l'Orient, cf. hébr. gosi‘ä. Voir E. Masson, Empruntis sémitiques, 48-49, Sur les … — [Chantraine, s.v. κασία, p. 517]

3. κασία · kasia — Frisk

κασία, ion. -in (selten -oo-) f. *Kasienlorbeer, Cinnamomum iners, Art Zimt’ (Sapph., Melanipp., Hdt., Thphr. usw.). Davon κασσίξω *%. riechen oder schmecken’ (Dak.). —- Orientalisches LW, vgl. hebr. g’st'äh, assyr. kasia; urspr. austroasiatisch? Kretschmer Glotta 27.250 (nach Gonda); ältere Lit. bei Bg. — [Frisk, s.v. κασία, p. 829]

4. κᾰσία · kasia — LSJ

cassia, Cinnamomum iners

cassia, Cinnamomum iners, Sapph. 44.30 L.-P., Hdt. 2.86, 3.110, Thphr. HP 9.4.2, Od. 30, OGI 214.59 (Branchidae, iii B.C.), etc.; λίβανον εὐώδεις τε φοίνικας κασίαν τε . . , τέρενα Συρίας σπέρματα Melanipp. 1, cf. Mnesim. 4.58. (Cf. Hebr. qēṣìāh, Assyr. kasia: sts. written κασσία, as in Dsc. 1.13, Str. 16.4.25, cf. κασσίζω.)

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κᾰσία (scan p. 700; entry #2970).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κᾰσία (scan p. 517; entry #3711).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κᾰσία (scan p. 829; entry #2835).

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