κᾰσία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, cassia, Cinnamomum iners, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 20c. 2, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86, 3.110, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.4.2, “Od.” 30, “OGI” 214.59 (Branchidae, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 7th c.BC+], etc.; λίβανον εὐώδεις τε φοίνικας κασίαν τε.., τέρενα Συρίας σπέρματα [[ 5th c.BC: Melanippides Lyricus 1, compare 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.58 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Hebrew qē[snull]ìāh, Assyr. kasia: sometimes written κασσία, as in [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.13, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.4.25, compare κασσίζω.) ] Refs 1st c.BC+]