κιννᾰμωμ-ον, τό,
= Hebrew [kudot]innamon, a superior kind of cassia, Cinnamomum Cassia, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.111, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.5.1, “PSI” 6.628 (3rd c.BC), “OGI” 214.59 (Didyma, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: κῐνάμωμον, [[ 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 945 (_plural_)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], also in codices of [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.91 ] Refs 1st c.BC+], variant in Hdt.[same place]; compare κίνναμον.
__II name of a fabulous Indian bird, said to make its nest of twigs of κιννάμωμον (compare κινναμολόγος), [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 616a6, 3rd c.BC: Antigonus Carystius Paradoxographus “Mirabilia” 43, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 2.34. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]