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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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myrobalanum n (genitive myrobalanī); second declension

  1. myrobalan fruit
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.98:
      Palma quae fert myrobalanum probatissima in Aegypto. Ossa non habet reliquarum modo in balanis, alvum et menses sistit in vino austero et vulnera conglutinat.
      • 1938 translation by W.H.S. Jones
        The palm which bears the myrobalanum, found in Egypt, is very highly esteemed. It has no stone in its dates, as other date-palms have. Taken in a dry wine it checks diarrhoea and excessive menstruation, and unites wounds.
  2. myrobalan tree

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative myrobalanum myrobalana
Genitive myrobalanī myrobalanōrum
Dative myrobalanō myrobalanīs
Accusative myrobalanum myrobalana
Ablative myrobalanō myrobalanīs
Vocative myrobalanum myrobalana

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