1. cancămum — Lewis & Short
cancămum, i, n., = ka/gkamon,
I an Arabian gum used for incense: Amyris Kataf, Forsk.; Plin. 12, 20, 44, § 98.
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cancamum
cancamum · n
an Arabian gum used for incense
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What it meant
2. cancamum — Walde–Hofmann
cancamum, -; n. „das Gummi des arabischen Balsamstrauches* (seit Plin.): aus gr. kd ykapov de, das durch ind. Vermittlung aus dem Semit. (arab. kamkam) stammt (Uhlenbeck Ai. Wb. 56, Lewy Fremdw. 48). Verwandten Ursprungs ist crocum, -i n. u. erocus, -i m. (f. Apul) „Safran* (seit Varro Cie. Lucr, crocóta f. „Safranewand* aus xpoxwrög seit Naev. [-ärius Plaut.], -ötinum „Art Geäck“ aus xpoxd)mvog Paul. Fest. 53): aus … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cancamum, p. 182]
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Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. cancamum (scan pp. 182-183; entry #543). Root candidates: *ghar-, *hräkjon-, *krak-.
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