σάπων[ᾱ],ωνος,ὁ , Lat.
A. sapo, soap,τῷ Γερμανικῷ σμήγματι(καλεῖται δὲ ς.) Ruf. ap. Orib. 45.29.59 , cf. Asclep. ap. Gal. 12.586 , Aret. CD 2.13 :—a Gallic invention (hair-dye) adopted by the Germans acc. to Plin. HN 28.191 . [ᾱ, Seren.Sammon. 153.] (The Germanic forms (OHG.seifa, O E.
sápe, etc.) come fr.prim. Germanic*saipjō, whence also Finn.saippio; cf.σήπων.)