1. σήσαμον · sēsamon — Beekes
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σήσᾰμον
sesamon
seed and fruit of the sesame plant
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What it meant
2. σήσαμον · sēsamon — Chantraine
3. σήσαμον · sēsamon — Chantraine
4. σήσαμον · sēsamon — Frisk
5. σήσᾰμον · sēsamon — LSJ
seed or fruit of the sesame-plant, Hippon. 36 (pl.), Sol. 40 (pl.), Hdt. 1.193, 3.48, 117, Ar. V. 676 (pl.), Thphr. HP 8.1.1, OGI 55.16 (Telmessus, iii B.C.), PCair.Zen. 787.21 (iii B.C.), etc.: σ. ἄγριον,= κίκι, Ps.-Dsc. 4.161.
τὰ σ. the sesame-market, Moer. p.351P.
= σησάμη, sesame plant, Ar. Av. 159 (pl.), X. An. 1.2.22, etc.; ἀλείφεσθαι ἐκ τοῦ σ., i.e. with sesame-oil, Str. 16.1.20; cf. σήσαμος.
In the wild
- σήσαμα · sēsama Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 151)
- σήσαμα · sēsama Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 471)
- σησάμου · sēsamou Herodotus, Histories 1.193.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1367)
- σησάμων · sēsamōn Herodotus, Histories 1.193.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1368)
- σήσαμον · sēsamon Herodotus, Histories 3.117.4 (DIORISIS sentence 3757)
- σησάμου · sēsamou Herodotus, Histories 3.48.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3223)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σήσᾰμον (scan p. 1376; entry #5489).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σήσᾰμον (scan p. 1019; entry #7199).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σήσᾰμον (scan p. 1670; entry #5124).
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