LEXICON OF ORIENTAL WORDS IN ANCIENT GREEK

αἰμείθ <Egyptian; Roman period>

👉 αἰμείθ – an Egyptian gloss with the meaning of μελίλωτον ‘yellow melilot (Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.) or another species of melilot (Melilotus Mill.)’ (Dsc. 3.40 RV).

⚠ Dsc. 3.40 RV: μελίλωτον· (...) Αἰγύπτιοι αἰμείθ (...). – “Melilōton (yellow melilot or another species of melilot): (...) the Egyptians (call it) aimeth (...)”.

🅔 An Egyptian word without etymology.