Frank Sayers, [Lower] Close, [Norwich, Norfolk], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No 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

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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
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Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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 MaterialFor further discussion of 'Cyamus' see letter from CorrĂȘa 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 NoteSmith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.224-226.