laudanum

See also: Laudanum

English

Etymology

Coined by Paracelsus for a tincture he made containing opium, from New Latin, from Latin laudō (“I praise”), or ladanum (“a gum resin”), from Ancient Greek λάδανον (ládanon). Originally the same word as ladanum, labdanum, compare French laudanum, Italian laudano, ladano. See ladanum.

Noun

laudanum (usually uncountable, plural laudanums)

1. A tincture of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.

Derived terms

• Dutchman's laudanum

Translations

the tincture of opium once widely used

• Bulgarian: лауданум m (laudanum)
• Catalan: làudan m, làudanum m
• Czech: laudanum n
• Finnish: laudanumi
• French: laudanum (fr) m
• Galician: láudano (gl) m
• German: Laudanum (de) n
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• Irish: ládanam m
• Italian: laudano (it) m
• Latin: laudanum
• Portuguese: láudano m
• Spanish: láudano m
• Tagalog: lawdano

Verb

laudanum (third-person singular simple present laudanums, present participle laudanuming, simple past and past participle laudanumed)

1. (transitive) To add laudanum to (a drink or the like).
2. (rare) To cause (a person) to be high on laudanum.

References

• “laudanum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “laudanum”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Czech

Noun

laudanum n

1. laudanum (tincture of opium)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.da.nɔm/

Noun

laudanum m (usually uncountable, plural laudanums)

1. laudanum

Further reading

• “laudanum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯.da.num/, [ˈɫ̪äu̯d̪änʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯.da.num/, [ˈläːu̯d̪änum]

Noun

laudanum n (genitive laudanī); second declension

1. laudanum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	laudanum	laudana
Genitive	laudanī	laudanōrum
Dative	laudanō	laudanīs
Accusative	laudanum	laudana
Ablative	laudanō	laudanīs
Vocative	laudanum	laudana

References

• laudanum 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)