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Headword: *si/nhpi
Adler number: sigma,457
Translated headword: mustard
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
And the genitive [is] sina/pews.
Greek Original:
*si/nhpi: kai\ sina/pews h( genikh/.
Notes:
The headword (but not the genitive) is the Ionic dialect form. (The Ambrosian Lexicon, Adler reports, has eta in both cases.)
The "grain of mustard seed" in the Gospels is ko/kkos sina/pews (Mark 4.31 and parallels).
See also under iota 240, nu 34.
Keywords: botany; Christianity; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 1 February 2007@10:11:01.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (augmented note, added keywords, set status) on 1 February 2007@18:23:36.
David Whitehead (x-refs) on 2 February 2007@03:10:01.
David Whitehead (tweaked notes) on 18 August 2011@05:09:07.
David Whitehead on 26 May 2016@03:24:53.
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