λίβανος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from a Semitic language, from a word cognate to Hebrew לבונה (frankincense).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λίβανος (líbanosm or f (genitive λίβανου); second declension

  1. frankincense
  2. (by extension) frankincense tree

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λίβανος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 860