LEXICON OF ORIENTAL WORDS IN ANCIENT GREEK

αἰσού <Egyptian; Roman period>

👉 αἰσού – an Egyptian gloss with the meaning of κυνοκεφάλιον ‘calf’s snout (Antirrhinum orontium L.)’ (Dsc. 4.130 RV).

⚠ Dsc. 4.130 RV: κυνοκεφάλιον· (...) Αἰγύπτιοι αἰσού, οἱ δὲ ὀρμενισφί, οἱ δὲ κατακιρσαί (...). – “Kynokephalion (calf’s snout): (...) the Egyptians (call it) aisu or ormesisphi or katakirsai (...)”. Cf. κατακιρσαί and ὀρμενισφί.

🅔 An Egyptian word without etymology.