Λίβανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a Semitic language, probably from a Canaanite word cognate with Hebrew לְבוֹנָה (ləḇōnā, “frankincense”) and Arabic لُبَان (lubān, “frankincense”), from Proto-West Semitic *laban- (“white”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Λίβᾰνος • (Líbănos) m (genitive Λιβᾰ́νου); second declension

  1. Lebanon, Mount Lebanon (a mountain range in the country of Lebanon, Western Asia; in full, Mount Lebanon)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λίβᾰνος; τοῦ Λιβᾰ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Λίβᾰνος
ho Líbănos
Genitive τοῦ Λιβᾰ́νου
toû Libắnou
Dative τῷ Λιβᾰ́νῳ
tōî Libắnōi
Accusative τὸν Λίβᾰνον
tòn Líbănon
Vocative Λίβᾰνε
Líbăne
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Λίβανος (Lívanos)
  • → Latin: Libanus

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.va.nos/

Proper noun

Λίβανος • (Lívanos) m

  1. Lebanon (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East)

Declension

Declension of Λίβανος
singular
nominative Λίβανος (Lívanos)
genitive Λιβάνου (Livánou)
accusative Λίβανο (Lívano)
vocative Λίβανε (Lívane)

Further reading

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