"σήσαμον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σήσαμον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɛ̌ː.sa.mon/, /ˈsi.sa.mon/, /ˈsi.sa.mon/, /sɛ̌ː.sa.mon/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈse̝.sa.mon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈsi.sa.mon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈsi.sa.mon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈsi.sa.mon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Old Aramaic שושמא (šūššmā), shortening of שומשומא (šumššemā), from Akkadian 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬 (šamaššammū, “oil plant”), compound of 𒉌𒄑 (šaman, “oil”) and 𒌑 (šammum, “plant”). Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀭𐀭𐀔 (sa-sa-ma) (directly from Akkadian?). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|arc|שושמא|tr=šūššmā}} Aramaic שושמא (šūššmā), {{der|grc|akk|šamaššammum|𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬|t=oil plant|tr=šamaššammū}} Akkadian 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬 (šamaššammū, “oil plant”), {{cog|gmy|𐀭𐀭𐀔}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀭𐀭𐀔 (sa-sa-ma) Head templates: {{grc-noun|σησᾰ́μου|n|second|head=σήσᾰμον}} σήσᾰμον • (sḗsămon) n (genitive σησᾰ́μου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σήσᾰμον|ου}} Forms: σήσᾰμον [canonical], sḗsămon [romanization], σησᾰ́μου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ σήσᾰμον [nominative, singular], τὼ σησᾰ́μω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ σήσᾰμᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ σησᾰ́μου [genitive, singular], τοῖν σησᾰ́μοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν σησᾰ́μων [genitive, plural], τῷ σησᾰ́μῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν σησᾰ́μοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς σησᾰ́μοις [dative, plural], τὸ σήσᾰμον [accusative, singular], τὼ σησᾰ́μω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ σήσᾰμᾰ [accusative, plural], σήσᾰμον [singular, vocative], σησᾰ́μω [dual, vocative], σήσᾰμᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. sesame Derived forms: σησάμινος (sēsáminos), σησαμοειδές (sēsamoeidés), σησαμοειδής (sēsamoeidḗs)
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      "ipa": "/ˈsi.sa.mon/"
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsi.sa.mon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈsi.sa.mon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈsi.sa.mon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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