Chronological history of plants : man's record of his own existence illustrated through their names, uses, and companionship / by Charles Pickering.
- Charles Pickering
- Date:
- 1879
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Chronological history of plants : man's record of his own existence illustrated through their names, uses, and companionship / by Charles Pickering. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![~y kneading-trough: “ k6v ” or “ k6p ” leaven ; “ k5t ” or “ k6t ” or “ kat ” wicker basket; “ kam ” rush of which cords are made; “ham” rush; “ kemS ” or “kerne” or “ kemi ” Egypt; “ katsh ” reed; “ kgrousia ” prison; “ kalibi ” hut, house of reeds; “ kalibfis ” house of reeds. — The character occurs on the Gliddon mummy-case, and from the Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 7, and k. pi. 7 to 67). The kneading-trough Was found by C. C. Felton lett. used to the present day for a cradle in Greece. Triodia pungens of the shores of the Southern portion of the Red Sea. The character check- ered with black—-on the Gliddon mummy-case, as is a drinking-cup under the Tenth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 145), after the manner of the shallow baskets made in Yemen at Makulla ; which baskets are sometimes brought down the Nile through Nubia to Egypt : I did not compare the material, but I remarked a creeping grass of rattan-like hardness in the maritime sands at Mocha, the spikelets Festuca-like but with soft hairs among the florets. T. pungens called “schoucham,” was observed by Forskal p. 22 growing in sandy places from Lohaia to Mocha. ^^ Pinnotheres, the parasitic crab in oysters and other bivalves ; (“pinna” and crab, or “pin- nophulax,” signifying cared for by his household, Horap. ii. 102); “harakinos” crab; “ karkinos ” the constellation Cancer in the Zodiac ; “ kev ” or “ lc6v ” debility, infirmity ; “ koovSf” weak ; “ koui ” or “ kouji ” small, young ; “ kletos ” relatives ; “ kaphSos ” uncle ; “ kaurSa ” aunt by the father’s side; “ke ” or “kSouSi ” or “kadui ” or “koou ” or “k55u£ ” others; “k£s&£p£ ” the rest. — The character occurs under the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 10). A second form ^ from the Tenth dynasty to the Twenty-second (Leps. d. ii. pi. 150, and k. pi. 27 to 44). A third form y Y under the Eighteenth dynasty (Leps. d. iii. pi. 50). a hinge ; (pinnotheres by its claw warning its protector, Horap. ii. 102) ; “kSljS” angle ; “ kl]£ ” or “ k£li ” knee ; “ k61j ” or “ k£lj ” to incline, bend ; “ kfiljk£li ” to bend knee ; “ kfirso ” door; “k£rs” kind of fish; “koulaji” a little fish;—in English “the cardinal point.” The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Fifth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, 39, and 65) and in a modified form —cot— under the Nineteenth (Leps. d iii. pi. 162, and Rosell. m. cul. xxix. 1). T (pinna closing its shell, Horap. ii. 102); “ kouldl ” to wrap, envelop; “ kSms ” or “ k£mts ” obscurity; “ kloolS ” clouds ; “kaki”or “haki” or “kakS” or “ kek§ ” darkness; “k£k£” pupil of the eye ; (“ hemian ” black part of the eye, Plut. is. & osir. p. 364) ; “ ham§ ” or “ kam§ ” or “kame” or “kem” black; “kbd” around, circuit. — The character occurs as early as the Nine- teenth dynasty (Leps. d. iii. pi. 162, and Rosellin. mon. cul. xliv. 4). * a, S, 1, 6, u, or the short guttural. The interjection eh !, used for interrupting. (crocodile rendered immovable by touch of ibis-feather, Horap. ii. 77); “£” or “Shrei” or “ £hr£n ” or “ £hrai ” or “ Shlei ” or “ Srat ” or “ £rm ” or “ Srn ” to ; “ £mpd ” or “ Svo or “ Sv65u ” mute; “ St ” or “ £ti ” who ; “£th£” how; “£tv£” or “§thv§” on account of; “£ti” yet, — in Greek “Sti,” in English “yet.”—-The character occurs on the Gliddon mummy-case, and from the Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, and k. pi. 5 to 67) : is fur- ther traceable in the form of the fifth letter of the Phoenician, Greek, Roman, and West European alphabets. y (star signifying five, from the five planets; also night; also god inhabiting the world, the T Egyptians thinking that nothing would stand or hold together without god, Horap. i. 13 and ii. 1); “d&”five; “ £ve ” obscurity ; “ Sjbrh ” or “ £jorh ” night (the Egyptians thinking night the beginning of all things, Aristot. xii. 6, and Damasc., compare Gen. i. 2) ; “Shi ” an age. — The char- acter occurs from the Fourth ^ dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. k. pi. 7 to 67). The star within a circle ( Xr) occurs from the Twenty-eighth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (sarcoph. Amyrt., ^ Champ, diet. 13, and Leps. d. iv. pi. 85) ; is besides the “ pSn- talpha ” of the Greeks, described by Lucian (compare the above five guttural vowel-sounds). Q shrine ; “Slam” portico or piazza; “ Slpeei ” or “ SrpS ” or “SrphSi” temple; (“Srvit” sacrina, gestatoria, Edw.) ; “Sthep” hidden mystery, sacred vow; — in Greek “ Slpis ” hope. The character occurs under the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 19). A second form under the Fifth dynasty, and continues in use more or less modified until the Roman con- quest (Leps. d. ii. pi. 63 to iv. pi. 37). =n “Snkot” bed; “SjSn” or “ Sjn ” or “Sjm” or “ SjS ” upon; “ Snkot ” or “ Snkat ” or n “ Snkotk ” sleep, to sleep ; “ vtshS ” or “ evtshS ” or “ SvtshS ” or “ Svtshe ” or “ Svtshi ” or “ ovtsh ” or “ fivtsh ” or “ 6vStsh ” to slumber, be unconscious, incoherent, absence of care, torpor, oblivion; — in Hebrew “ byd ” (pronounced “ bSd ” by my Egyptian guide) house; in English “ bed.” The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Roman conquest (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, and k. pi. 7 to 59). (ant and “ nuktSrithos ” wings signifying staying in the house, for if the wings are placed on an ant-hill none of the ants will come out, Horap. ii. 60) ; “ £rvi ” or “ £rs6 ” or “ £rsh6 ” habi- tation ; “ £rj ” bird. — The character occurs under the .... dynasty (Champ, gram. 371, 372). ill ET](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24887122_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
