λήδανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λᾱ́δᾰνον (lā́dănon)

Etymology

A loan, originally from Semitic. Compare Akkadian 𒆷𒁷𒉡 (ladinnu).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.da.non/ → /ˈli.ða.non/ → /ˈli.ða.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.da.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝.da.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ða.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ða.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ða.non/

Noun

λήδᾰνον • (lḗdănon) n (genitive ληδᾰ́νου); second declension

1. labdanum, a resin obtained from rockroses

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λήδᾰνον; τοῦ ληδᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λήδᾰνον tò lḗdănon	τὼ ληδᾰ́νω tṑ lēdắnō	τᾰ̀ λήδᾰνᾰ tằ lḗdănă
Genitive	τοῦ ληδᾰ́νου toû lēdắnou	τοῖν ληδᾰ́νοιν toîn lēdắnoin	τῶν ληδᾰ́νων tôn lēdắnōn
Dative	τῷ ληδᾰ́νῳ tôi lēdắnōi	τοῖν ληδᾰ́νοιν toîn lēdắnoin	τοῖς ληδᾰ́νοις toîs lēdắnois
Accusative	τὸ λήδᾰνον tò lḗdănon	τὼ ληδᾰ́νω tṑ lēdắnō	τᾰ̀ λήδᾰνᾰ tằ lḗdănă
Vocative	λήδᾰνον lḗdănon	ληδᾰ́νω lēdắnō	λήδᾰνᾰ lḗdănă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λῆδον (lêdon)

Descendants

• → Latin: lādanum
• → Old Armenian: ղանդանոն (łandanon)

Further reading

• “λήδανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λήδανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN