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|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[balsam-tree]], [[Balsamodendron Opobalsamum]], <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>9.6.1</span>, Dsc.1.19; ξύλα βαλσάμου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>953.6</span> (iii/iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> the fragrant oil of this tree, [[Mecca balsam]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>110</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.4.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1052</span> (<b class="b3">βαρσ-</b>, iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[an aromatic herb]], [[costmary]], [[Chrysanthemum Balsamita]], <span class="bibl">Gp.11.27t</span>it.—Prob. Semitic. [[[βάλσᾱμον]] in <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>947</span>, but ᾰ in Androm. ap. Gal.14.39, and Damocr. ap. Gal. 14.97, as in [[balsamum]] in Lat. Poets.]</span>

|dgtxt=(βάλσᾰμον) -ου, τό<br /><b class="num">• Alolema(s):</b> πάλσαμον Paus.9.28.3; βάλσαμος Pall.<i>H.Laus</i>.8.3, <i>Gp</i>.11.27<br /><b class="num">• Grafía:</b> graf. βάρσαμον <i>POxy</i>.1052.1 (IV d.C.)<br /><b class="num">• Prosodia:</b> [pero -σᾱ- Nic.<i>Th</i>.947, <i>Al</i>.64]<br /><b class="num">I</b> <b class="num">1</b>[[árbol del bálsamo]], [[balsamero]], [[Commiphora opobalsamum]] (L.) Engl., Thphr.<i>HP</i> 9.6.1, Dsc.1.19, ὀποῦ βαλσάμου <i>PCair.Zen</i>.9b.6 en add.IV (III a.C.), cf. D.S.2.48, Str.16.2.16, 4.19, Paus.l.c., Plu.<i>Ant</i>.36, Androm.128, Pall.l.c.<br /><b class="num">•</b>tb. el fruto, Damocr. en Gal.14.97, Gal.12.554, 19.738.<br /><b class="num">2</b> [[aceite de balsamero]], [[bálsamo de la Meca]] Arist.<i>Fr</i>.110, Thphr.<i>HP</i> 9.4.1, Nic.ll.cc., <i>POxy</i>.l.c.<br /><b class="num">II</b> <b class="num">1</b>la hierba aromática [[Chrysanthemum balsamita L.]] <i>Gp</i>.l.c. y tít., β.· ἀρωματικὸν [[ἄνθος]] Hsch.<br /><b class="num">2</b> σισύμβριον ἤτοι τὸ [[βάλσαμον]] <i>An.Athen</i>.2.392.11.<br /><b class="num">• Etimología:</b> Prob. prést. sem., cf. hebr. <i>bāšām</i>, ár. <i>bašām</i>.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[balsam]], [[the shrub]] and [[its oil]] (Arist.); Comiphora Opoalsamum and Chrysanthemum balsamita.<br />Other forms: s. below.<br />Derivatives: [[βαλσαμίνη]] [[βούφθαλμον]] (Ps.-Dsk.), [[ὀποβάλσαμον]] (Plin.); cf. Strömberg Wortstudien 38.<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Assumed to be Semitic; cf. Acc. [[bašamu]], Hebr. <b class="b2">bāśām</b>, Arab. [[bašām]] [[id]]; Lewy Fremdw. 41. Fur. 143 etc. argues, on the basis of the <b class="b3">-λ-</b> (and Arm. <b class="b2">apr(a)sam</b> and the variants [[πάλσαμον]] ([[βλάσαμον]], [[βάρσαμον]]; with the latter cf. Arm. <b class="b2">apr(a)sam</b> and Syrian forms) for Anatolian origin. But Schrader-Nehring (Balsam) say that the plant originated from the (far) south (Africa) and became only known after Alexander. On plant names with <b class="b3">-αμον</b>, <b class="b3">-αμος</b> s. Schwyzer 494, Chantr. Form. 133 (prob. Pre-Gr.).