1. sāpo — Lewis & Short
sāpo, ōnis, m.Germ.,
I soap, Plin. 28, 12, 51, § 191; Mart. 14, 26 in lemm.; Ser. Samm. 11, 157.
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sapo
sapo · m
soap
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- Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
What it meant
2. sapo — Walde–Hofmann
sapo, -önis m. „Seife“ (seit Plin,, rom., ebenso säpönärius „Seifensieder* Orib.; vgl. sapaonäta f. ,Seifenwasser* Theod. Prisc.; aus sapö entl. gr. Gdmuv usw.): nicht urverwandt mit ahd. seifa, seiffa „Seife, Harz“, seifar „Schaum“, ags. sape (daraus an. spa. de., ahd. seipfa [vgl. finn. saippiö] ds. (Vanıdek 297), sondern aus dem Germ. entl. (vgl. Rufin. apol Orig. 45, 29, 59 «Qj l'epuavixip oufrruam xaAeirai bé … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. sapo, p. 1384]
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Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. sapo (scan p. 1384; entry #2426). Root candidates: *sgib-.
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