bdellium
English
Etymology
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
Noun
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
- African bdellium (from Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Indian bdellium (from Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Sicilian bdellium (from Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
Translations
probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βδέλλιον (bdéllion), see above.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbdel.li.um/, [ˈbd̪ɛlːʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbdel.li.um/, [ˈbd̪ɛlːium]
Noun
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
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
- “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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