"λίβανος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /lí.ba.nos/, /ˈli.βa.nos/, /ˈli.va.nos/, /lí.ba.nos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈli.ba.nos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈli.βa.nos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈli.va.nos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈli.va.nos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Borrowed from a Semitic language, probably from a Canaanite word cognate to Hebrew לְבוֹנָה (ləḇōnā, “frankincense”) and Arabic لُبَان (lubān, “frankincense”), from Proto-West Semitic *laban- (“white”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|sem|-}} Semitic, {{der|grc|sem-can|-}} Canaanite, {{cog|he|לְבוֹנָה|t=frankincense|tr=ləḇōnā}} Hebrew לְבוֹנָה (ləḇōnā, “frankincense”), {{cog|ar|لُبَان|t=frankincense}} Arabic لُبَان (lubān, “frankincense”), {{der|grc|sem-wes-pro|*laban-|t=white}} Proto-West Semitic *laban- (“white”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|λίβανου|m|second|g2=f}} λίβανος • (líbanos) m or f (genitive λίβανου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λίβανος|ου|form=MF}} Forms: líbanos [romanization], λίβανου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], [nominative, singular], ἡ λίβανος [nominative, singular], τὼ λιβάνω [dual, nominative], οἱ [nominative, plural], αἱ λίβανοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ [genitive, singular], τῆς λιβάνου [genitive, singular], τοῖν λιβάνοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν λιβάνων [genitive, plural], τῷ [dative, singular], τῇ λιβάνῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν λιβάνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς [dative, plural], ταῖς λιβάνοις [dative, plural], τὸν [accusative, singular], τὴν λίβανον [accusative, singular], τὼ λιβάνω [accusative, dual], τοὺς [accusative, plural], τᾱ̀ς λιβάνους [accusative, plural], λίβανε [singular, vocative], λιβάνω [dual, vocative], λίβανοι [plural, vocative]
  1. frankincense Categories (topical): Gums and resins Categories (lifeform): Sapindales order plants
    Sense id: en-λίβανος-grc-noun-kxD1hYOb Disambiguation of Gums and resins: 54 46 Disambiguation of Sapindales order plants: 45 55 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
  2. (by extension) frankincense tree Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Gums and resins Categories (lifeform): Sapindales order plants
    Sense id: en-λίβανος-grc-noun-G3oIOFer Disambiguation of Gums and resins: 54 46 Disambiguation of Sapindales order plants: 45 55 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: λιβανωτός (libanōtós) Derived forms: λῐβᾰ́νῐνος (libáninos), χᾰμαιλῐ́βᾰνος (khamailíbanos)
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς",
      "roman": "toùs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς λιβάνους",
      "roman": "tā̀s libánous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λίβανε",
      "roman": "líbane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιβάνω",
      "roman": "libánō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λίβανοι",
      "roman": "líbanoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λίβανου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "λίβανος • (líbanos) m or f (genitive λίβανου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λίβανος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "MF"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "frankincense"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frankincense",
          "frankincense"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "frankincense tree"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) frankincense tree"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lí.ba.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.βa.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.va.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lí.ba.nos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.ba.nos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.βa.nos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.va.nos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.va.nos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "libanōtós",
      "word": "λιβανωτός"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λίβανος"
}

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