balsamum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon), from Semitic, cognate with Hebrew בֹּשֶׂם (bōśem, “perfume”), Arabic بَشَام (bašām).
Noun edit
balsamum n (genitive balsamī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | balsamum | balsama |
| Genitive | balsamī | balsamōrum |
| Dative | balsamō | balsamīs |
| Accusative | balsamum | balsama |
| Ablative | balsamō | balsamīs |
| Vocative | balsamum | balsama |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: bàlsam
- Italian: balsamo
- Old French: basme
- Galician: basmo
- → Albanian: balshëm, balsam
- → English: balsam
- → Middle English: balsamum (learned)
- → Galician: bálsamo
- → Proto-West Germanic: *balsamō (see there for further descendants)
- → Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌰𐌽 (balsan)
- → Irish: balsam
- → Old Polish: balsam (learned) (see there for further descendants)
- → Portuguese: bálsamo
- → Romanian: balsam
- → Spanish: bálsamo
References edit
- “balsamum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “balsamum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- balsamum 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)
- balsamum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam”), of Semitic origin (compare Hebrew בושם). Doublet of bawme.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balsamum
- balm of Gilead, balsam of Gilead.
- (rare) The tree balm of Gilead originates from.
References edit
- “balsamum, -us, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.