galbanum

English

Etymology

From Latin galbanum (“galbanum”), from Ancient Greek χαλβάνη (khalbánē, “galbanum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡælbənəm/

Noun

galbanum (countable and uncountable, plural galbanums)

1. A bitter, aromatic resin or gum, extracted from plants of the genus Ferula, that resembles assafoetida and has been used in incense and in aromatherapy
   • 1610, Douay–Rheims Bible, Exodus 30:34

     And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.

   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone; smyris, ivory, bones, ebontree, cedar, cypress, pitch, softer rosin, camphire, galbanum, ammoniac, storax, benzoin, loadstone, asphaltum.

Translations

bitter, aromatic resin or gum, extracted from plants of the genus Ferula

• Armenian:

  Middle Armenian: մաղթ (maġtʻ)

  Old Armenian: քաղբան (kʻałban)

• German: Galbanharz n
• Greek:

  Ancient: χαλβάνη f (khalbánē)

• Hebrew: חֶלְבְּנָה f (ẖelbená)
• Italian: galbano m
• Latin: galbanum n
• Persian: باریجه (bârije), بیرزد (fa) (bârzad)
• Tagalog: galbano

French

Etymology

From Latin galbanum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡal.ba.nɔm/

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Noun

galbanum m (plural galbanums)

1. galbanum (resin from plants of the genus Ferula, used to make incense)

Further reading

• “galbanum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χαλβάνη (khalbánē, “galbanum”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.ba.num/, [ˈɡäɫ̪bänʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.ba.num/, [ˈɡälbänum]

Noun

galbanum n (genitive galbanī); second declension

1. galbanum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	galbanum	galbana
Genitive	galbanī	galbanōrum
Dative	galbanō	galbanīs
Accusative	galbanum	galbana
Ablative	galbanō	galbanīs
Vocative	galbanum	galbana

Derived terms

• galbaneus

Descendants

• Catalan: gàlban
• English: galbanum
• French: galbanum
• Italian: galbano
• Portuguese: gálbano
• Russian: гальбанум (galʹbanum)
• Spanish: gálbano

References

• “galbanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• galbanum 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)
• galbanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.