opobalsamum

English

Noun

opobalsamum (uncountable)

1. Synonym of opobalsam

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀποβάλσαμον (opobálsamon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.poˈbal.sa.mum/, [ɔpɔˈbäɫ̪s̠ämʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.poˈbal.sa.mum/, [opoˈbälsämum]

Noun

opobalsamum n (genitive opobalsamī); second declension

1. opobalsam
2. (generally) any perfume

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	opobalsamum	opobalsama
genitive	opobalsamī	opobalsamōrum
dative	opobalsamō	opobalsamīs
accusative	opobalsamum	opobalsama
ablative	opobalsamō	opobalsamīs
vocative	opobalsamum	opobalsama

References

• “opobalsamum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “opobalsamum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opobalsamum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.