balsamum

From Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon), from Semitic, cognate with Hebrew בֹּשֶׂם (bōśem, “perfume”), Arabic بَشَام (bašām).

balsamum n (genitive balsamī); second declension

1. balsam (substance or tree); balm

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• balsameus
• balsaminus

• opobalsamum

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

• balsamom, balsamome, balsamus, balsaumus

From Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam”), of Semitic origin (compare Hebrew בושם). Doublet of bawme.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalsamum/, /ˈbalsamus/

balsamum

1. balm of Gilead, balsam of Gilead.
2. (rare) The tree balm of Gilead originates from.

• “balsamum, -us, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.