μυροβάλανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μύρον (múron, “unguent, perfume”) +‎ βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /my.ro.bá.la.nos/ → /my.roˈβa.la.nos/ → /mi.roˈva.la.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.ro.bá.la.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /my.roˈba.la.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /my.roˈβa.la.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /my.roˈva.la.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.roˈva.la.nos/

Noun

μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνος • (murobálanos) f (genitive μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νου); second declension

1. myrobalan (Prunus cerasifera)

Declension

Second declension of ἡ μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνος; τῆς μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνος hē murobálanos	τὼ μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ murobalánō	αἱ μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνοι hai murobálanoi
Genitive	τῆς μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νου tês murobalánou	τοῖν μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn murobalánoin	τῶν μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νων tôn murobalánōn
Dative	τῇ μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νῳ têi murobalánōi	τοῖν μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn murobalánoin	ταῖς μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νοις taîs murobalánois
Accusative	τὴν μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνον tḕn murobálanon	τὼ μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ murobalánō	τᾱ̀ς μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νους tā̀s murobalánous
Vocative	μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνε murobálane	μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νω murobalánō	μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνοι murobálanoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μυροβαλάνινος (murobaláninos)

Descendants

• → Latin: myrobalanum, myrobalanus
  • → English: myrobalan
  • → French: myrobalan (learned)
  • → German: Myrobalane
  • Old French: mirabolan
    • Middle French: myrobolan, mirabolan, mirobolan
      • French: myrobolan
    • → Catalan: mirabolà
    • → Italian: mirabolano
  • Spanish: mirobálano

Further reading

• “μυροβάλανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μυροβάλανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette