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 • (mŭrobắlănos) 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 mŭrobắlănos	τὼ μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ mŭrobălắnō	αἱ μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνοι hai mŭrobắlănoi
Genitive	τῆς μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νου tês mŭrobălắnou	τοῖν μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn mŭrobălắnoin	τῶν μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νων tôn mŭrobălắnōn
Dative	τῇ μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νῳ têi mŭrobălắnōi	τοῖν μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn mŭrobălắnoin	ταῖς μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νοις taîs mŭrobălắnois
Accusative	τὴν μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνον tḕn mŭrobắlănon	τὼ μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ mŭrobălắnō	τᾱ̀ς μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νους tā̀s mŭrobălắnous
Vocative	μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνε mŭrobắlăne	μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νω mŭrobălắnō	μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνοι mŭrobắlănoi
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