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galbanum

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Φιλοκαλοῦμέν τε γὰρ μετ' εὐτελείας καὶ φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας → Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not makes us soft.

Τhucydides, 2.40.1

Latin > English

galbanum galbani N N :: gum resin of umbelliferous plant in Persia/Syria (species of Ferula), galbanum

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

galbănum: i, n. χαλβάνη,
I the resinous sap of an umbelliferous plant in Syria (the Bubon galbanum, Linn.), galbanum, Plin. 12, 25, 56, § 121; 24, 5, 13, § 21; Suet. Galb. 3; Luc. 9, 916; Calp. Ecl. 5, 89.—Also, galbănus, i, m., Vulg. Sir. 14, 21; and chalbăne, answering to the Gr. χαλβάνη, ēs, f., Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

galbănum,¹⁶ ī, n. (χαλβάνη), galbanum, suc qu’on tire d’une plante ombellifère de Syrie : Plin. 12, 121.

Latin > German (Georges)

galbanum, ī, n. (χαλβάνη), Galban, Mutterharz, das Gummi von einer doldentragenden Pflanze in Syrien (Bubon galbanum, L.), Plin. 12, 126. Suet. Galb. 3, 1. Lucan. 9, 916 (Plur.): als Räuchermittel gegen Ungeziefer, Col. 8, 5, 18. Plin. 19, 180. Pallad. 1, 35, 8: im mediz. Gebrauch, Cels. 3, 21. p. 107, 12 D. Plin. 24, 21 sqq. u.a. – Nbf. galbanus, ī, f., Vulg. Sirach 24, 21: griech. Nbf. chalbanē, ēs, f., Marc. dig. 39, 4, 16. § 7.

Wikipedia EN

Galbanum is an aromatic gum resin and a product of certain umbelliferous Persian plant species in the genus Ferula, chiefly Ferula gummosa (synonym F. galbaniflua) and Ferula rubricaulis. Galbanum-yielding plants grow plentifully on the slopes of the mountain ranges of northern Iran. It occurs usually in hard or soft, irregular, more or less translucent and shining lumps, or occasionally in separate tears, of a light-brown, yellowish or greenish-yellow colour, and has a disagreeable, bitter taste, a peculiar, somewhat musky odour, an intense green scent, and a specific gravity of 1.212. It contains about 8% terpenes; about 65% of a resin which contains sulfur; about 20% gum; and a very small quantity of the colorless crystalline substance umbelliferone. It also contains α-pinene, β-pinene, limonene, cadinene, 3-carene, and ocimene.

Latin > Chinese

galbanum, i. n. :: 香名藥材細布類

Translations

galbanum

Armenian Old Armenian: քաղբան; Middle Armenian: մաղթ; German: Galbanharz; Ancient Greek: χαλβάνη; Hebrew: חֶלְבְּנָה‎; Italian: galbano; Latin: galbanum; Persian: باریجه‎, بیرزد‎; Tagalog: galbano