μυροβάλανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μύρον (múron, “unguent, perfume”) +‎ βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.ro.bá.la.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /my.roˈba.la.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /my.roˈβa.la.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /my.roˈva.la.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.roˈva.la.nos/

Noun

μῠροβᾰ́λᾰνος • (murobálanos) f (genitive μῠροβᾰλᾰ́νου); second declension

myrobalan (Prunus cerasifera)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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
- 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

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