libanus

See also: Libanus

Latin

Etymology

From a Semitic source - see the Semitic root lbn لبن, meaning "white". See also (Hebrew לְבוֹנָה (l'voná, frankincense), Arabic لبان (lubān, frankincense)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

libanus (feminine libana, neuter libanum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. alternative letter-case form of Libanus (Lebanese)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative libanus libana libanum libanī libanae libana
genitive libanī libanae libanī libanōrum libanārum libanōrum
dative libanō libanae libanō libanīs
accusative libanum libanam libanum libanōs libanās libana
ablative libanō libanā libanō libanīs
vocative libane libana libanum libanī libanae libana

Noun

libanus m (genitive libanī); second declension

  1. frankincense

Declension

Second-declension noun.

See also

Further reading

  • libanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.