sīmūtu
HAPAXHapax legomenon: this word is attested only onceNEWNot documented in AHw or CADREVIEW
Meanings:
redness
de:German: Deutsch Röte
fr:French: Français rougeur
Distribution: SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Domain: Colors and hues; illness, disease
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: sjmII/j (mediae infirmae)pattern: PīS + -ūtAbstractum suffix -ūt
1Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šumma si-mu-tu imtanaqqussu Sakikkû XXII 2 “if redness keeps affecting him”. new
Discussion
Perhaps a kind of erythema.
Alternatively, a derivation from samû II “to be undecided” with the meaning “indecision” (simûtu) cannot be ruled out, since the protasis of the preceding entry ends with the symptom that the patient drinks a lot, and the following entry begins with the patient’s desire for food. It should be noted that maqātu Gtn + pronoun is sometimes used in symptom descriptions to refer to mental states such as “grief” (ašuštu), but is also frequently used in connection with other sensations such as heat and cold, as well as visible symptoms such as sweat.