λίβανος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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Noun

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

  1. frankincense
  2. (by extension) frankincense tree

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