balsamo

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See also: Balsamo, bálsamo, and Bálsamo

Highland Popoluca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bálsamo.

Noun

balsamo

  1. Mexican logwood (Haematoxylum brasiletto)

References

  • Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 10

Hiligaynon

Noun

bálsamo

  1. balm, balsam (clarification of this definition is needed)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbal.sa.mo/
  • Rhymes: -alsamo
  • Hyphenation: bàl‧sa‧mo

Noun

balsamo m (plural balsami)

  1. hair conditioner
    Synonym: dopo-shampoo
  2. balm, balsam, salve
    1. aromatic reisin usually with soothing properties extracted by slicing trunks of some plants
      • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno – Verso nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 74:
        Per un lato lo devo alla misericordia del Signore, che ha posto il nostro altopiano a cavallo di una catena che vede a meridione il mare, e a settentrione la montagna più alta di cui riceve i balsami silvestri.
        On one hand I owe it to the Lord, who placed our highland at the turn of a chain which faces southerly the sea and notherly the highest mountain, from which it receives sylvan balms.
    2. an ointment with soothing abilities
      Synonyms: crema, pomata, unguento
    3. (by extension) a remedy to pain
      Synonyms: lenimento, panacea, refrigerio, toccasana
      Antonyms: batosta, colpo, legnata, mazzata, stangata
      balsamo contro i dolori muscolari ― remedy for muscle pain
    4. (figurative) comfort, relief, consolation, solace
      Synonyms: conforto, ristoro, sollievo, consolazione
      Le sue parole furono un balsamo alle mie sofferenze.
      Her words were a balm for my sorrows.
  3. (by extension, rare) sweet-smelling, prestigious or delicious food or beverage
    Questo vino è un balsamo.
    This wine is ambrosial.

Further reading

  • balsamo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • balsamo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Noun

balsamō

  1. dative/ablative singular of balsamum

References

  • balsamo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • balsamo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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