λήδανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λᾱ́δᾰνον (lā́danon)

Etymology

A loan, originally from Semitic. Compare Akkadian 𒆷𒁷𒉡 (ladinnu).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.da.non/ → /ˈli.ða.non/ → /ˈli.ða.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.da.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝.da.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ða.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ða.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ða.non/

Noun

λήδᾰνον • (lḗdanon) n (genitive ληδᾰ́νου); second declension

1. labdanum, a resin obtained from rockroses

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λήδᾰνον; τοῦ ληδᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λήδᾰνον tò lḗdanon	τὼ ληδᾰ́νω tṑ lēdánō	τᾰ̀ λήδᾰνᾰ tà lḗdana
Genitive	τοῦ ληδᾰ́νου toû lēdánou	τοῖν ληδᾰ́νοιν toîn lēdánoin	τῶν ληδᾰ́νων tôn lēdánōn
Dative	τῷ ληδᾰ́νῳ tôi lēdánōi	τοῖν ληδᾰ́νοιν toîn lēdánoin	τοῖς ληδᾰ́νοις toîs lēdánois
Accusative	τὸ λήδᾰνον tò lḗdanon	τὼ ληδᾰ́νω tṑ lēdánō	τᾰ̀ λήδᾰνᾰ tà lḗdana
Vocative	λήδᾰνον lḗdanon	ληδᾰ́νω lēdánō	λήδᾰνᾰ lḗdana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λῆδον (lêdon)

Descendants

• → Latin: lādanum
• → Old Armenian: ղանդանոն (łandanon)

Further reading

• “λήδανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λήδανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN