ŏpŏbalsămum, i, n., = ὀποβάλσαμον,
I the juice of the balsam-tree , opobalsam , balsam , balm , Stat. S. 3, 2, 141; Just. 36, 3, 4; Plin. 37, 13, 78, § 204.—Used for embalming bodies, Inscr. Grut. 692, 10.—
II Hence, in gen., perfume : hirsuto spirant opobalsama collo Quae tibi, Juv. 2, 41.