1. σήσαμον · sēsamon — Beekes
seed and fruit of the sesame plant
The corpus record
σήσᾰμον
sesamon
seed and fruit of the sesame plant
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Distribution
Senses
2. σήσαμον · sēsamon — Chantraine
dor
3. σήσαμον · sēsamon — Chantraine
En grec moderne : σησάμι « sésame », σησαμᾶτο « gâteau de sésame »
4. σήσαμον · sēsamon — Frisk
Same und Frucht der Sesampflanze
5. σήσᾰμον · sēsamon — LSJ
seed, fruit of the sesame-plant, sesame-market
Attestations
- σησάμου · sēsamou Herodotus, Histories 1.193.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1367)
- σησάμων · sēsamōn Herodotus, Histories 1.193.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1368)
- σησάμου · sēsamou Herodotus, Histories 3.48.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3223)
- σήσαμον · sēsamon Herodotus, Histories 3.117.4 (DIORISIS sentence 3757)
- σήσαμον · sēsamon Xenophon, Anabasis 1.2.22 (DIORISIS sentence 123)
- σήσαμα · sēsama Xenophon, Anabasis 6.4.6 (DIORISIS sentence 2804)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1376; entry #5489 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1019; entry #7199 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1670; entry #5124 Review: Under source audit
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