libanus

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Latin

Etymology

From a Semitic source - see the Semitic root lbn لبن, meaning "white". See also (Hebrew לְבוֹנָה (l'voná, frankincense), Arabic لبان (lubān, frankincense)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

libanus (feminine libana, neuter libanum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Lebanese (of Lebanon)
  2. frankincense

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative libanus libana libanum libanī libanae libana
genitive libanī libanae libanī libanōrum libanārum libanōrum
dative libanō libanae libanō libanīs
accusative libanum libanam libanum libanōs libanās libana
ablative libanō libanā libanō libanīs
vocative libane libana libanum libanī libanae libana

See also

References

  • libanus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers