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GB-110/JES/COR/3/112
Title
Frank Sayers, [Lower] Close, [Norwich, Norfolk], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
12 Sep 1808
Author(s)
Frank Sayers 1763-1817
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/3/112 from Frank Sayers, [Lower] Close, [Norwich, Norfolk], to James Edward Smith (12 September 1808)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/3/112 from Frank Sayers, [Lower] Close, [Norwich, Norfolk], to James Edward Smith (12 September 1808) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Sayers, Frank
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Following their discussion the previous evening has looked into the earliest meaning of the word "Kuamos" ["Cyamus" transliterated from Greek alphabet, appropriated in English as "legumen"] with references to Homer's "Illiad", "Odyssey" and "Batrachomyomachia", cross referencing with [Christian Tobias] Damm's "Lexic. Homeric", relates his conclusions. Believes Theophrastus may have been the first to apply it to 'Nymphaea nelumbo' and compares other ancient writers' usage of the word.
Letter date:
12 Sep 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
3.179
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | For further discussion of 'Cyamus' see letter from Corrêa de Serra JES/COR/3/97, subsequent letter from Frank Sayers JES/COR/3/113, and letter from William Wood JES/COR/3/114. Damm, C T, (1765). "Novem lexicon Graecum etymologicum et reale, cui pro basi substratae sunt concordantiae et elucidationes homericae et Pindaricae", Berlin; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.224-226. |
