noun · neutersecond declension
myrobalanum
myrobalanum n (genitive myrobalanī)
Classical[my.rɔˈba.ɫa.nũː]Ecclesiastical[mi.roˈbaː.la.num]
Meaning
- neutermyrobalan fruit
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.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 23.98 - neutermyrobalan tree
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | myrobalanum | myrobalana |
| genitive | myrobalanī | myrobalanōrum |
| dative | myrobalanō | myrobalanīs |
| accusative | myrobalanum | myrobalana myrobalanōs |
| ablative | myrobalanō | myrobalanīs |
| vocative | myrobalanum myrobalane | myrobalana |
mўrŏbălănum, i, n., = μυροβάλανον,
I. the fruit of a palm-tree from which a balsam was made, the behen-nut; also, the balsam itself, Plin. 12, 21, 46, § 100; 12, 22, 47, § 103; Mart. 4, 57 in lemm.
Origins
- Ancient Greek μύρον(múron)
- Ancient Greek βάλανος(bálanos)
- Latinmyrobalanum
Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos)bor. Latin myrobalanum Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos).
Descendants
- Englishmyrobalan
- Frenchmyrobalan
- GermanMyrobalane
- Frenchmyrobolanfrom Old French mirabolan
- Catalanmirabolàfrom Old French mirabolan
- Italianmirabolanofrom Old French mirabolan
- Spanishmirobálano
In English words that came into English from myrobalanum
- myrobalanmyrobalanum