χαλβάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew חֶלְבְּנָה (ḥelbənāh), from the root ח־ל־ב (ḥ-l-b) related to milk, from Proto-Semitic *ḥalīb- (“milk; fat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.bá.nɛː/ → /xalˈβa.ni/ → /xalˈva.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.bá.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰalˈba.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xalˈβa.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xalˈva.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xalˈva.ni/

Noun

χᾰλβᾰ́νη • (khalbánē) f (genitive χᾰλβᾰ́νης); first declension

1. galbanum, the resinous juice produced by plants of the genus Ferula

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰλβᾰ́νη; τῆς χᾰλβᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰλβᾰ́νη hē khalbánē	τὼ χᾰλβᾰ́νᾱ tṑ khalbánā	αἱ χᾰλβᾰ́ναι hai khalbánai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰλβᾰ́νης tês khalbánēs	τοῖν χᾰλβᾰ́ναιν toîn khalbánain	τῶν χᾰλβᾰνῶν tôn khalbanôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰλβᾰ́νῃ têi khalbánēi	τοῖν χᾰλβᾰ́ναιν toîn khalbánain	ταῖς χᾰλβᾰ́ναις taîs khalbánais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰλβᾰ́νην tḕn khalbánēn	τὼ χᾰλβᾰ́νᾱ tṑ khalbánā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰλβᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s khalbánās
Vocative	χᾰλβᾰ́νη khalbánē	χᾰλβᾰ́νᾱ khalbánā	χᾰλβᾰ́ναι khalbánai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χαλβανίς (khalbanís)
• χαλβανόεις (khalbanóeis)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: galbanum
• → Old Armenian: քաղբան (kʻałban)
• → Old Georgian: ქალბანაჲ (kalbanay), ქალბანჱ (kalbanē)

Further reading

• “χαλβάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χαλβάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette