κιννάβαρι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">νᾰ], εως, τό</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cinnabar, bisulphuret of mercury</b>, whence <b class="b2">vermilion</b> is obtained, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>378a26</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>58</span>, Dsc.5.94; thought by some to be <b class="b2">serpent's blood</b>, Dsc.l.c., <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>33.116</span>:—a masc.form κιννάβαρις, <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.14</span>:—also τεγγάβαρι (q.v.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> = [[ἐρυθρόδανον]], Ps.-Dsc.3.143 (-ρις).</span>

|etymtx=-εως<br />Grammatical information: n. (Arist., Thphr. usw.), also <b class="b3">-ις</b> m. (Anaxandr. 14, Ps.-Dsk. 3, 14 3)<br />Meaning: [[cinnabar]] (Arist., Thphr. usw.), also <b class="b3">-ις</b> m. (Anaxandr. 14, Ps.-Dsc. 3, 14 3) serpent's blood' (painter's colour); also as plant-name = <b class="b3">ἐρυθρόδανον</b> (Ps.-Dsc.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κινναβάριον</b> name of <b class="b2">an ointment for the eye</b> (Gal.), <b class="b3">-άρινος</b> [[cinnabarred]], [[vermillion]] (Arist.), <b class="b3">-αρίζω</b> <b class="b2">be cinnabarred</b> (Dsc.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] orient.X<br />Etymology: Foreign word of unknown oriental source; cf. Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 701f. From Greek Lat. [[cinnabaris]] with MHG [[zinober]] etc. - A remarkable side-form is <b class="b3">τιγγάβαρι</b> (Diocl. Com. 9, 10, Theognost. Kan. 120, H.) with <b class="b3">τιγγαβάρινος</b> (Dam. Isid. 203), with ki- > ḱi- > tsi-?.