bdellium
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editbdellium (countable and uncountable, plural bdelliums)
- An aromatic gum-like balsam extracted from one of several species of tree in the genus Commiphora.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:10–12:
Derived terms
edit- African bdellium (from Commiphora africana)
- Indian bdellium (from Commiphora wightii)
- Sicilian bdellium (from Daucus carota subsp. hispanicus)
Translations
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek βδέλλιον (bdéllion), see above.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbdel.li.um/, [ˈbd̪ɛlːʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbdel.li.um/, [ˈbd̪ɛlːium]
Noun
editbdellium n (genitive bdelliī or bdellī); second declension
- bdellium
- The plant itself.
Declension
editSecond-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
edit- “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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- la:Gums and resins