The corpus record — Latin

galbanum

galbanum · n

the resinous sap of an umbelliferous plant in Syria

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Where it lives

Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k

What it meant

galbănum — Lewis & Short

galbănum, i, n.xalba/nh,

I 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. xalba/nh, ēs, f., Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7.

In the wild

galbana Lucan, Pharsalia 9.916

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. galbanum (scan pp. 289-290; entry #4524).

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