balsamo
See also: Balsamo, bálsamo, and Bálsamo
Highland Popoluca
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bálsamo.
Noun
balsamo
- 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
- 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)
- hair conditioner
- Synonym: dopo-shampoo
- balm, balsam, salve
- 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 [mountain] chain which faces southerly the sea and notherly the highest mountain, from which it receives sylvan balms.
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- an ointment with soothing abilities
- Synonyms: crema, pomata, unguento
- (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
- (figuratively) 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.
- aromatic reisin usually with soothing properties extracted by slicing trunks of some plants
- (by extension, rare) sweet-smelling, prestigious or delicious food or beverage
- Questo vino è un balsamo.
- This wine is ambrosial.
Related terms
- balsamico
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
- dative/ablative singular of balsamum
References
- balsamo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- balsamo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016