σάπων
ὕπνος δεινὸν ἀνθρώποις κακόν → sleep is a terrible evil for humans (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 1.523)
English (LSJ)
[ᾱ], ωνος, ὁ, Lat. A sapo, soap, τῷ Γερμανικῷ σμήγματι (καλεῖται δὲ σ.) Ruf. ap. Orib.45.29.59, cf. Asclep. ap. Gal.12.586, Aret.CD 2.13:—a Gallic invention (hair-dye) adopted by the Germans acc. to Plin.HN28.191. [ᾱ, Seren.Sammon.153.] (The Germanic forms (OHG. seifa, OE. sápe, etc.) come fr.prim. Germanic *saipjō, whence also Finn. saippio; cf. σήπων.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 862] ωνος, ὁ, Seife, lat. sapo, celtisches od.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σάπων: -ωνος, ὁ, Λατ. sapo, «σαποῦνι», Γερμ. Seife, Ἀρετ. Χρον. Νούσ. Θεραπευτ. 2. 13· ― λέξις Κελτικὴ ἢ Γερμανική, Πλιν. Ν. Η. 28. 12. [ᾱ, Seren. Samman. 158].
Frisk Etymological English
-ωνος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: soap
Derivatives: with -ώνιον n. id., -ωναρικός soap-like, belonging to s. (late medic. a. o.).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Celt.X
Etymology: Acc. to usual assumption from Lat. sāpō id. (since Plin.), which comes finally from Germ. (OHG seifa, OE sāpe etc.); s. W.-Hofmann s. v. with further lit. Diff. André Ét. celt. 7, 348 ff.: σάπων not from Lat. sāpō, but from Anatolian Celtic; very well possible.
Frisk Etymology German
σάπων: -ωνος
{sápōn}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Seife
Derivative: mit -ώνιον n. ib., -ωναρικός ‘seifenartig, zur S. gehörig’ (sp. Mediz. u. a.).
Etymology: Nach gewöhnlicher Annahme aus lat. sāpō ib. (seit Plin.), das letzten Endes aus dem Germ. stammt (ahd. seifa, ags. sāpe usw.); s. W.-Hofmann s. v. mit weiterer Lit. Anders André Ét. celt. 7, 348 ff.: σάπων nicht aus lat. sāpō, sondern aus dem kleinasiatischen Keltischen; sehr erwägenswert.
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