δενδρολίβανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) +‎ λίβανος (líbanos, “frankincense”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /den.dro.lí.ba.non/ → /ðen.droˈli.βa.non/ → /ðen.droˈli.va.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /den.dro.lí.ba.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /den.droˈli.ba.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðen.droˈli.βa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðen.droˈli.va.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðen.droˈli.va.non/

Noun

δενδρολῐ́βᾰνον • (dendrolĭ́bănon) n (genitive δενδρολῐβᾰ́νου); second declension

1. rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)

   Synonyms: λιβανωτίς (libanōtís), ψωρανθεμίς (psōranthemís)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ δενδρολῐ́βᾰνον; τοῦ δενδρολῐβᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δενδρολῐ́βᾰνον tò dendrolĭ́bănon	τὼ δενδρολῐβᾰ́νω tṑ dendrolĭbắnō	τᾰ̀ δενδρολῐ́βᾰνᾰ tằ dendrolĭ́bănă
Genitive	τοῦ δενδρολῐβᾰ́νου toû dendrolĭbắnou	τοῖν δενδρολῐβᾰ́νοιν toîn dendrolĭbắnoin	τῶν δενδρολῐβᾰ́νων tôn dendrolĭbắnōn
Dative	τῷ δενδρολῐβᾰ́νῳ tôi dendrolĭbắnōi	τοῖν δενδρολῐβᾰ́νοιν toîn dendrolĭbắnoin	τοῖς δενδρολῐβᾰ́νοις toîs dendrolĭbắnois
Accusative	τὸ δενδρολῐ́βᾰνον tò dendrolĭ́bănon	τὼ δενδρολῐβᾰ́νω tṑ dendrolĭbắnō	τᾰ̀ δενδρολῐ́βᾰνᾰ tằ dendrolĭ́bănă
Vocative	δενδρολῐ́βᾰνον dendrolĭ́bănon	δενδρολῐβᾰ́νω dendrolĭbắnō	δενδρολῐ́βᾰνᾰ dendrolĭ́bănă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: δενδρολίβανο (dendrolívano)

Further reading

• “δενδρολίβανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δενδρολίβανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δενδρολίβανον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)