different between laudanum vs ladanum

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)

1. 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)

1. (transitive) To add laudanum to (a drink or the like).
2. (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

1. laudanum (tincture of opium)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.da.n?m/

Noun

laudanum m (usually uncountable, plural laudanums)

1. 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

1. laudanum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

References

• laudanum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Noun

ladanum (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of labdanum

Anagrams

• udalman