caepa

caepa (also cēpa), ae, f., and equally freq. caepe (cēpe), is, n. (gen. caepis, Charis. p. 43 P., without voucher, but the assertion of the gram. Diom. p. 314 ib.; Prisc. p. 681 ib.; Phocae Ars, p. 1706 ib., and Serg. p. 1842 ib., that caepe is indecl., is also unsubstantiated, since the form of the gen. caepe cited by Prisc. l. l. from App. is the well-known later orthog. for caepae; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 551; 1, 557 sq.; 1, 578; in plur. only caepae or cepae, ārum, f.; cf. Don. p. 1747 P.; Prisc. l. l.; Phoc. l. l.; Serg. l. l.; Rudd. I. p. 114, n. 36; a rare form caepitium, Arn. 5 init.) [etym. dub.; cf.: et capiti nomen debentia cepa, v. l. Verg. M. 74; but acc. to Charis. p. 43, from a nom. propr.],

• an onion; Gr. κρόμυον; cf. Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 101 sq.
• • • • • α Caepa, ae, f., Naev. and Lucil. ap. Prisc. l. l.; Lucil. and Varr. ap. Non. p. 201, 8 sq.; Cels. 2, 21; 2, 22; Col. 10, 12, 3; 12, 10, 2; 12, 8, 1; Ov. F. 3, 340; Isid. Orig. 17, 10, 12; Petr. 58, 2; Plin. 19, 6, 32, §§ 101 and 106; Pall. 4, 10, 31.—
        • β Caepe, is, n., Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, 5; Naev., Nov., and Varr. ap. Prisc. l. l.; Lucil. and Varr. ap. Non. p. 201, 1 sq.; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 21; Juv. 15, 9; Pers. 4, 31; Gell. 20, 8, 7.—
        • γ Caepae, ārum, f., Col. 11, 3, 58; Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 107; 2, 7, 5, § 16; Mart. 3, 77, 5; 12, 32, 20; Pall. 3, 24, 3. Among the Egyptians considered a sacred plant, Plin. l. l.; Juv. 15, 9.

caepa, s. cēpa.

caepa [CL], ~e , onion (also fig.). b wild onion (? Allium sp.). c squill (Scilla). d Welsh onion, ‘chibol’ (in quot. conf. w. ‘chesboll’, poppy; cf. caepula). cepa, ynnilaec, cipe GlC C 317; videbatur una de ~is minus quam dimidia parte corrosa Bede CuthbP 37; cepe, ennelec Ælf. Gl.; 9‥ cipus, croplec ‥, cipeleac ‥, alba cipa, hwite leac WW; c1200 hoc malum apud veteres cepe bulborum dicitur; / nam cepe cum extunicas plus tunicatum cernitur (Pol. Poems) EHR V 322; allia, cepĕ, piper, simus acumen habent Neckam DS IV 839; 1224 quod allia et ceppe ‥ que arestastis ‥ reddi faciatis Cl 651b; ~a ‥ habet radicem pluribus tunicis vestitam Bart. Angl. XVII 42; 1282 de qualibet summa separum venalium Pat 101 m. 14; 1329 de ‥ v bollis pisarum, ijm separum ExchScot 195; 1336 de ~ibus de porettis DL MinAc 242/3886 m. 1; ~e coquatur vel frangatur cum butiro Gad. 28. 2; 1401 porrorum, allei, separum vel olerum Reg. Exon. II f. 295b; †gebas pro manna presul habere petit Gower VC III 86; ~a ‥ virtutem habet insisivam [v. l. incisivam], G. et A. eyngnon[v. l. oynoun] Alph. 36; 1440 pro j libra seminis separum ad seminandum in orto Cant. Coll. Ox. II 156.  b species ~e est duplex, sc. domestica et silvestris que canina ab Arist. nuncupatur Bart. Angl. XVII 42; bulbus, i. squilla vel ~a silvestris SB 13; 1535 in decimis allii et cep’ silvestr’ Val. Eccl. II 416.  c ~e caninum dicitur squilla et invenitur juxta mare, unde a Plat[eario] ~e marina appellatur Bart. Angl. XVII 43; squilla, ~a marina idem SB 40; squylle, herbe, squilla, †cepamuris [? l. cepa maris], †cepemuris, bulbus PP.  d hec sepa, a chesbolle WW.

cæpa (14) (cēpa), æ, f. , oignon : Col. Rust. 10, 123 || pl. cæpæ Plin. 19, 107, etc. || cæpe, n. , usité seul^t au nom. et à lʼacc. sing. : Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 21 ; Gell. 20, 8, 7.

➳ gén. cæpis Char. 59, 6.

caepa , ae. f.
葱頭。

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caepa, ae, f.: cipolla.