μυροβάλανος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μύρον (múron, “unguent, perfume”) + βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /my.ro.bá.la.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /my.roˈba.la.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /my.roˈβa.la.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /my.roˈva.la.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.roˈva.la.nos/
Noun
μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνος • (mŭrobắlănos) f (genitive μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνος hē mŭrobắlănos |
τὼ μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ mŭrobălắnō |
αἱ μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνοι hai mŭrobắlănoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νου tês mŭrobălắnou |
τοῖν μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn mŭrobălắnoin |
τῶν μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νων tôn mŭrobălắnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νῳ tēî mŭrobălắnōi |
τοῖν μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn mŭrobălắnoin |
ταῖς μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νοις taîs mŭrobălắnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνον tḕn mŭrobắlănon |
τὼ μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ mŭrobălắnō |
τᾱ̀ς μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νους tā̀s mŭrobălắnous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνε mŭrobắlăne |
μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νω mŭrobălắnō |
μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνοι mŭrobắlănoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μυροβαλάνινος (murobaláninos)
Descendants
- → Latin: myrobalanum, myrobalanus
- → English: myrobalan
- → French: myrobalan (learned)
- → German: Myrobalane
- Old French: mirabolan
- Middle French: myrobolan, mirabolan, mirobolan
- French: myrobolan
- → Catalan: mirabolà
- → Italian: mirabolano
- Middle French: myrobolan, mirabolan, mirobolan
- Spanish: mirobálano
Further reading
- “μυροβάλανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μυροβάλανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette