The corpus record — Latin

gabalium

gabalium · n

an aromatic shrub in Arabia

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

1. găbălĭum — Lewis & Short

găbălĭum, ii, n.,

I an aromatic shrub in Arabia, Plin. 12, 21, 45, § 99.

2. gabalium — Walde–Hofmann

gabalium, -; n. „aromatische Pflanze Arabiens“ (Plin.): oriental. Wort wie die (durchs Griech. vermittelten) cinnamwm, casia, nardus. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. gabalium, p. 607]

In the wild

gabalium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 12.21.p1
gabalium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.12.p56

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gabalium (scan p. 289; entry #4504).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. gabalium (scan p. 607; entry #1201).

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