名詞
词源
借自拉丁語 sēsamum。
释义
芝麻
While at play for this extraordinary stake, they have a fire by them, on which a small pot of walnut oil, or oil of sesamum, is kept boiling; and when one has won a game, he chops off the end of the loser's finger, who immediately dips the stump into the boiling oil, to stem the blood; and some will persist so obstinately, as to have all their fingers thus mutilated.
1760, Robert Kerr, A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 1:The latter is called the feast of 'six sesamum acts,' for sesamum is a holy plant, and in each act of this rite it plays a part.
1896, Edward Washburn Hopkins, The Religions of India:
词形与写法（9）
| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
|---|---|---|
| sīsamum | alternative | |
| sīsamon | alternative | |
| sēsamon | alternative | |
| sēsama | alternative | |
| sēsima | alternative | |
| sīsama | alternative | |
| sīsima | alternative · 晚期拉丁語或中世紀拉丁語的手抄變體 | |
| sēsam | alternative | |
| schēsam | alternative · 中世紀拉丁語，無屈折 |