maldacon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάλδακον (máldakon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.da.kon/, [ˈmäɫ̪d̪äkɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.da.kon/, [ˈmäl̪d̪äkon]

Noun

maldacon n (genitive maldacī); second declension

1. The gum of the tree called bdellium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	maldacon	maldaca
genitive	maldacī	maldacōrum
dative	maldacō	maldacīs
accusative	maldacon	maldaca
ablative	maldacō	maldacīs
vocative	maldacon	maldaca

Synonyms

• brochon

References

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