The corpus record — Latin

balsamum

balsamum · n

A fragrant gum of the balsam-tree

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Where it lives

Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 9.12/10k
Epitaphia heroum qui bello Troico interfuerunt 1 · 8.33/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k
De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 1 · 1.73/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

balsămum — Lewis & Short

balsămum, i, n., = ba/lsamon.

I A fragrant gum of the balsam-tree, balsam, Verg. G. 2, 119; Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8 sq.: balsama olet, Mart. 3, 63; Tac. G. 45; Just. 36, 3: Vulg. Ezech. 27, 17.—

II The balsam-tree: Amyris opobalsamum, Linn.; Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 111; Sol. 35; Tac. H. 5, 6.

In the wild

balsama Historia Augusta, De vita Hadriani 19
balsamum Celsus, De Medicina 3.21.p1
Balsama Martial, Epigrammata 14.59.1
balsamum Celsus, De Medicina 5.15
balsamum Celsus, De Medicina 5.3
balsama Ausonius, Epitaphia heroum qui bello Troico interfuerunt 31.2

6 of 47 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. balsamum (scan p. 89; entry #1154).

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