myrobalanum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos).

Pronunciation

Noun

myrobalanum n (genitive myrobalanī); second declension

  1. myrobalan fruit
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.98:
      Palma quae fert myrobalanum probatissima in Aegypto. Ossa non habet reliquarum modo in balanis, alvum et menses sistit in vino austero et vulnera conglutinat.
      • 1938 translation by W.H.S. Jones
        The palm which bears the myrobalanum, found in Egypt, is very highly esteemed. It has no stone in its dates, as other date-palms have. Taken in a dry wine it checks diarrhoea and excessive menstruation, and unites wounds.
  2. myrobalan tree

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative myrobalanum myrobalana
genitive myrobalanī myrobalanōrum
dative myrobalanō myrobalanīs
accusative myrobalanum myrobalana
ablative myrobalanō myrobalanīs
vocative myrobalanum myrobalana

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