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Webster 1913 Edition
bdellium
bdel′lium
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
βδέλλιον
; cf. Heb. b’dolakh
bdellium (in sense 1).] 1.
An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (
Gen. ii. 12
, and Num. xi. 7
), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia. 2.
A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa.
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Indian bdellium
or false myrrh
is an exudation from Balsamodendron Roxburghii
. Other kinds are known as African bdellium
, Sicilian bdellium
, etc. Webster 1828 Edition
Bdellium
BDEL'LIUM
,Noun.
A gummy resinous juice, produced by a tree in the East Indies, of which we have no satisfactory account. It is brought from the E. Indies and from Arabia, in pieces of different sizes and figures, externally of a dark reddish brown, internally, clear and not unlike to glue. To the taste, it is slightly bitterish and pungent; its odor is agreeable. In the mouth, it becomes soft and sticks to the teeth; on a red hot iron, it readily catches flame and burns with a crackling noise. It is used as a perfume and a medicine, being a weak deobstruent.
Definition 2024
bdellium
bdellium
English
Noun
bdellium (countable and uncountable, plural bdelliums)
- Probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora.
Translations
probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βδέλλιον (bdéllion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbdel.li.um/, [ˈbdɛl.li.ũ]
Noun
bdellium n (genitive bdelliī); second declension
- an aromatic gum exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora, used as an adulterant of the more costly myrrh. Also the plant itself.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bdellium | bdellia |
| genitive | bdelliī | bdelliōrum |
| dative | bdelliō | bdelliīs |
| accusative | bdellium | bdellia |
| ablative | bdelliō | bdelliīs |
| vocative | bdellium | bdellia |
References
- bdellium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bdellium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.