bdellium

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin bdellium, from Ancient Greek βδέλλιον (bdéllion), itself perhaps from Hebrew בְּדֹלַח (bdólakh), cognate with Akkadian [script needed] (budulḫu/bidurḫu) or from Sanskrit भिदुर (bhidura), something brittle, fragile, easily split or broken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛl.iˌʌm/

Noun

bdellium (countable and uncountable, plural bdelliums)

1. Probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora.

Translations

probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora

• Maori: teriuma

• Tagalog: bedelyo

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βδέλλιον (bdéllion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbdel.li.um/, [ˈbdɛl.li.ũ]

Noun

bdellium n (genitive bdelliī); second declension

1. an aromatic gum exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora, used as an adulterant of the more costly myrrh. Also the plant itself.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bdellium	bdellia
genitive	bdelliī	bdelliōrum
dative	bdelliō	bdelliīs
accusative	bdellium	bdellia
ablative	bdelliō	bdelliīs
vocative	bdellium	bdellia

References

• bdellium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bdellium” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)