2026-07-22 07:31 UTC
Do we have any Latin scholars here who can tell me what the Latin word is for "carob"?
Various online dictionaries are coming up blank, but I know they had carob trees and pods around then and that they were in some sort of use so there must be language for that.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4254221
#Classics #Latin #History #Carob #Food
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@ml@ecoevo.social 2026-07-22 08:04
Argh. Since there's a genus of dinoglagellates that was named "Ceratium", I can see that hunting for records in Latin on carob is going to be difficult... #Science #Language #History #Ethnobotany
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@MiguelGuerreiro@ecoevo.social 2026-07-22 07:37
@ml@ecoevo.social I am a latin language speaker, but for this precise tree, my language and neighbooring ones use Arab roots. Scientific name should help.
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@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie 2026-07-22 08:38
@ml@ecoevo.social Also called locust bean. Certainly cultivated in Middle East over 2000 years ago. However I didn't know the Latin.