xylobalsamum

English

Noun

xylobalsamum (uncountable)

1. The dried twigs or fragrant wood of balm of Gilead (or balsam of Mecca).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ksy.loˈbal.sa.mum/, [ks̠ʏɫ̪ɔˈbäɫ̪s̠ämʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ksi.loˈbal.sa.mum/, [ksiloˈbälsämum]

Noun

xylobalsamum n (genitive xylobalsamī); second declension

1. balsam-wood

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	xylobalsamum	xylobalsama
genitive	xylobalsamī	xylobalsamōrum
dative	xylobalsamō	xylobalsamīs
accusative	xylobalsamum	xylobalsama
ablative	xylobalsamō	xylobalsamīs
vocative	xylobalsamum	xylobalsama

References

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