galbanum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

galbănum, i, n. [χαλβάνη],

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.

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