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bdellĭum | bĕdella, ae (noun N.f) = βδέλλιον: n. (, , f., Marc. Emp. 19; cf. the letter B)
* An Asiatic plant, distinguished for its fragrant gum, the vine-palm: Borassus flabelliformis, Linn.; Plin. 12, 9, 19, § 35; Isid. Orig. 17, 8, 6.
* Meton., the costly gum exuding from it: Arabicum,Veg. 6, 14, 1 and 5: color bdellii,Vulg. Num. 11, 7.—Hence, as a term of endearment: tu crocinum et casia es, tu bdellium,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 7.
* An Asiatic plant, distinguished for its fragrant gum, the vine-palm: Borassus flabelliformis, Linn.; Plin. 12, 9, 19, § 35; Isid. Orig. 17, 8, 6.
* Meton., the costly gum exuding from it: Arabicum,Veg. 6, 14, 1 and 5: color bdellii,Vulg. Num. 11, 7.—Hence, as a term of endearment: tu crocinum et casia es, tu bdellium,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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