Λίβανος
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lí.ba.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈli.ba.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈli.βa.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈli.va.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.va.nos/
Proper noun
[edit]Λίβᾰνος • (Líbănos) m (genitive Λιβᾰ́νου); second declension
- Lebanon, Mount Lebanon (a mountain range in the country of Lebanon, Western Asia)
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Λίβᾰνος ho Líbănos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Λιβᾰ́νου toû Libắnou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Λιβᾰ́νῳ tôi Libắnōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Λίβᾰνον tòn Líbănon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Λίβᾰνε Líbăne | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
Greek
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Λίβανος • (Lívanos) m
- Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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nominative | Λίβανος (Lívanos) |
genitive | Λιβάνου (Livánou) |
accusative | Λίβανο (Lívano) |
vocative | Λίβανε (Lívane) |
Related terms
[edit]- Λιβανέζα f (Livanéza, “Lebanese”)
- Λιβανέζος m (Livanézos, “Lebanese”)
- λιβανέζικος (livanézikos, “Lebanese”, adj)
- λιβανικός (livanikós, “Lebanese”, adj)
Further reading
[edit]- Λίβανος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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