Reflections on the Hesychian Lemma βουρικυπάρισσος

The Greek grammarian and lexicographer, Hesychius of Alexandria (5th–6th c. CE) included a Pamphylian gloss: βουρικυπάρισσος ἡ ἄμπελος. Περγαῖοι in his dictionary rare dialectal words. Based on microphilological lexical analysis, I suggest that the text should be read as follows: βουρί˙κυπάρισσος ἢ (“bourí: cypress or grapevine. Citizens Perge”). gloss question represents two different borrowings terms originating Near East. first item (‘cypress’) seems to have been borrowed from Akkadian burāšu(m) ‘a kind conifer tree; juniper cypress’ with Lycian intermediary (Akk. burāšu → Luw. *burašiš > Lyc. *burehi *burhi Pamph. βουρί), whereas second one βουρί˙ […] ἄμπελος (‘grapevine’) reflects separate loanword an Anatolian source, cf. Hitt. muriš grapevine, vine, cluster bunch grapes other fruit’. dialect Ancient extraordinary idiom, which was used neighbourhood numerous languages such Lycian, Milyan, Sidetic, Pisidian Cilician. It is therefore not surprising Greeks number cultural for plants Indo-European well West Semitic via Luwian Lycian. Additionally, possible into (e. g. Gk. dial. βωληνή type grapevine’, μῶλαξ ‘id.’ vs. Hittite maḫlaš ‘grapevine, Vitis vinifera L.’) are mentioned reviewed.