λιβανωτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a Semitic sound plural of the etymon of λίβανος (líbanos), which Beekes says derives from a Semitic root cognate to Hebrew לָבָן (“white”) and Arabic لَبَن (laban, “milk”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.ba.nɔː.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /li.ba.noˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.βa.noˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.va.noˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.va.noˈtos/

Noun

λιβανωτός • (libanōtós) m (genitive λιβανωτοῦ); second declension

frankincense

Declension

Second declension of ὁ λιβανωτός; τοῦ λιβανωτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λιβανωτός ho libanōtós	τὼ λιβανωτώ tṑ libanōtṓ	οἱ λιβανωτοί hoi libanōtoí
Genitive	τοῦ λιβανωτοῦ toû libanōtoû	τοῖν λιβανωτοῖν toîn libanōtoîn	τῶν λιβανωτῶν tôn libanōtôn
Dative	τῷ λιβανωτῷ tôi libanōtôi	τοῖν λιβανωτοῖν toîn libanōtoîn	τοῖς λιβανωτοῖς toîs libanōtoîs
Accusative	τὸν λιβανωτόν tòn libanōtón	τὼ λιβανωτώ tṑ libanōtṓ	τοὺς λιβανωτούς toùs libanōtoús
Vocative	λιβανωτέ libanōté	λιβανωτώ libanōtṓ	λιβανωτοί libanōtoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

λίβανος (líbanos)

Derived terms

λιβανώτινος (libanṓtinos)

References

^ 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

λιβανωτός

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