λίβανος

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”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λίβανος • (líbanos) m or f (genitive λίβανου); second declension

  1. frankincense
  2. (by extension) frankincense tree

Declension

Second declension of ὁ / ἡ λίβανος; τοῦ / τῆς λιβάνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ / ἡ λίβανος
ho / hē líbanos 		τὼ λιβάνω
tṑ libánō 		οἱ / αἱ λίβανοι
hoi / hai líbanoi
Genitive τοῦ / τῆς λιβάνου
toû / tês libánou 		τοῖν λιβάνοιν
toîn libánoin 		τῶν λιβάνων
tôn libánōn
Dative τῷ / τῇ λιβάνῳ
tōî / tēî libánōi 		τοῖν λιβάνοιν
toîn libánoin 		τοῖς / ταῖς λιβάνοις
toîs / taîs libánois
Accusative τὸν / τὴν λίβανον
tòn / tḕn líbanon 		τὼ λιβάνω
tṑ libánō 		τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς λιβάνους
toùs / tā̀s libánous
Vocative λίβανε
líbane 		λιβάνω
libánō 		λίβανοι
líbanoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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