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Latin
Etymology
From galbanum (“galbanum”), from Ancient Greek χαλβάνη (khalbánē, “galbanum”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
galbaneus (feminine galbanea, neuter galbaneum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or characteristic of galbanum.
c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE,
Virgil,
Georgics 4.264:
- hic iam galbaneos suadebo incendere odores
- Then I would urge you to burn fragrant resin of galbanum
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “galbaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “galbaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- galbaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.