bdellium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin bdellium, from Ancient Greek βδέλλιον (bdéllion), itself perhaps from Hebrew בְּדֹלַח (bdólakh), cognate with Akkadian 𒁉𒁺𒌨𒄷 (bidurḫu) or from Sanskrit भिदुर (bhidura, “something brittle, fragile, easily split or broken”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bdellium (countable and uncountable, plural bdelliums)
- Probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora.
- 1611, King James Version, Genesis 2:10–12:
Derived terms[edit]
- African bdellium (from Commiphora africana)
- Indian bdellium (from Commiphora wightii)
- Sicilian bdellium (from Daucus carota subsp. hispanicus)
Translations[edit]
aromatic gum
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek βδέλλιον (bdéllion), see above.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbdel.li.um/, [ˈbd̪ɛl̠.l̠i.ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbdel.li.um/, [ˈbd̪ɛl.li.um]
Noun[edit]
bdellium n (genitive bdelliī or bdellī); second declension
- Probably 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.
- The plant itself.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | bdellium | bdellia |
Genitive | bdelliī bdellī1 |
bdelliōrum |
Dative | bdelliō | bdelliīs |
Accusative | bdellium | bdellia |
Ablative | bdelliō | bdelliīs |
Vocative | bdellium | bdellia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References[edit]
- bdellium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bdellium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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