galbanum
English
Etymology
From Latin galbanum (“galbanum”), from Ancient Greek χαλβάνη (khalbánē, “galbanum”).
Noun
galbanum (countable and uncountable, plural galbanums)
- A bitter, aromatic resin or gum, extracted from plants of the genus Ferula, that resembles assafoetida and has been used in incense and in aromatherapy
- Bible, Exodus 30:34, Douay-Rheims-Challoner translation
- And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.
- Francis Bacon
- These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone; smyris, ivory, bones, ebontree, cedar, cypress, pitch, softer rosin, camphire, galbanum, ammoniac, storax, benzoin, loadstone, asphaltum.
- Bible, Exodus 30:34, Douay-Rheims-Challoner translation
Translations
bitter, aromatic resin or gum, extracted from plants of the genus Ferula
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin galbanum.
Pronunciation
Noun
galbanum m (plural galbanums)
- galbanum (resin from plants of the genus Ferula, used to make incense)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χαλβάνη (khalbánē, “galbanum”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.ba.num/, [ˈɡäɫ̪bänʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.ba.num/, [ˈɡälbänum]
Noun
galbanum n (genitive galbanī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | galbanum | galbana |
Genitive | galbanī | galbanōrum |
Dative | galbanō | galbanīs |
Accusative | galbanum | galbana |
Ablative | galbanō | galbanīs |
Vocative | galbanum | galbana |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “galbanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- galbanum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- galbanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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