ὀποβάλσαμον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ὀποπᾰ́λσᾰμον (opopắlsămon)
Etymology
Compound of ὀπός (opós, “plant juice”) + βᾰ́λσᾰμον (bắlsămon, “balm”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.po.bál.sa.mon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.poˈbal.sa.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.poˈβal.sa.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.poˈval.sa.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.poˈval.sa.mon/
Noun
ὀποβᾰ́λσᾰμον • (opobắlsămon) n (genitive ὀποβᾰλσᾰμου); second declension
- juice of the Arabian balsam tree, balm of Gilead
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὀποβᾰ́λσᾰμον tò opobắlsămon |
τὼ ὀποβᾰλσᾰ́μω tṑ opobălsắmō |
τᾰ̀ ὀποβᾰ́λσᾰμᾰ tằ opobắlsămă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀποβᾰλσᾰ́μου toû opobălsắmou |
τοῖν ὀποβᾰλσᾰ́μοιν toîn opobălsắmoin |
τῶν ὀποβᾰλσᾰ́μων tôn opobălsắmōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀποβᾰλσᾰ́μῳ tōî opobălsắmōi |
τοῖν ὀποβᾰλσᾰ́μοιν toîn opobălsắmoin |
τοῖς ὀποβᾰλσᾰ́μοις toîs opobălsắmois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὀποβᾰ́λσᾰμον tò opobắlsămon |
τὼ ὀποβᾰλσᾰ́μω tṑ opobălsắmō |
τᾰ̀ ὀποβᾰ́λσᾰμᾰ tằ opobắlsămă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀποβᾰ́λσᾰμον opobắlsămon |
ὀποβᾰλσᾰ́μω opobălsắmō |
ὀποβᾰ́λσᾰμᾰ opobắlsămă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὀποβᾰλσᾰ́μῐνος (opobălsắmĭnos)
Further reading
- “ὀποβάλσαμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀποβάλσαμον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette