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laudanum
English
Etymology
From New Latin, from Latin laud? (“I praise”), or ladanum (“a gum resin”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (ládanon). Originally the same word as ladanum, labdanum, compare French laudanum, Italian laudano, ladano. See ladanum.
Used by Paracelsus to refer to ladanum gum, and to a compound recipe containing pearls, but apparently not to any preparation of opium; this modern sense was introduced by his followers (Sigerist 1941:540–1).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l??d?n?m/, /?l??dn?m/
Noun
laudanum (usually uncountable, plural laudanums)
- A tincture of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.
Derived terms
- Dutchman's laudanum
Translations
Verb
laudanum (third-person singular simple present laudanums, present participle laudanuming, simple past and past participle laudanumed)
- (transitive) To add laudanum to (a drink or the like).
- (rare) To cause (a person) to be high on laudanum.
References
- Sigerist, Henry E. (1941). "Laudanum in the works of Paracelsus". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 9 (5):530–544. [4]
- laudanum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “laudanum”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Czech
Noun
laudanum n
- laudanum (tincture of opium)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo.da.n?m/
Noun
laudanum m (usually uncountable, plural laudanums)
- laudanum
Further reading
- “laudanum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?lau?.da.num/, [???äu?d?än???]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?lau?.da.num/, [?l??u?d??num]
Noun
laudanum n (genitive laudan?); second declension
- laudanum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- laudanum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
laudanum From the web:
labdanum
English
Etymology
From Latin l?danum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (l?danon, “gum”), from ????? (l?don, “rockrose”), from a Semitic language; compare Akkadian ???????????? (ladinnu).
Noun
labdanum (usually uncountable, plural labdanums)
- A sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume.
Translations
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