1. sabaia — Lewis & Short
sabaia, ae, f.,
I a drink of the poor people in Illyria, prepared from barley, Amm. 26, 8, 2; Hier. in Isa. 6, 19.
The corpus record — Latin
sabaia
sabaia · f
a drink of the poor people in Illyria
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What it meant
2. sabaia — Walde–Hofmann
sabaia, -ae f. „Gerstentrank der lllyrier^ (Amm., Hier. (auch -um n.] davon sabaiürius Amm.): ilyr. Wort, s. Hehn-Schrader® 148, Bertoldi, Don. nat. Schrijnen 298, der auch Sabazios ,Beiwort des thrakisch-phrygischen Dionysos“ vergleicht. Dazu noch illyr. FN. Sabutus, ON. Sabat-inca (Noricum), Sabatia. „Hafen in Ligurien", lacus Sabate (Anus) in Etrurien; idg. *gab- „Saft“ in ahd. saf, mnd, sap „Saft* (Pokorny Zur … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. sabaia, p. 1362]
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Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. sabaia (scan p. 609; entry #9970).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. sabaia (scan p. 1362; entry #2353). Root candidates: *gab-, *säp-.
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