libanus
See also: Libanus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom a Semitic source - see the Semitic root lbn لبن, meaning "white". See also (Hebrew לְבוֹנָה (l'voná, “frankincense”), Arabic لبان (lubān, “frankincense”)).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈli.ba.nus/, [ˈlʲɪbänʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.ba.nus/, [ˈliːbänus]
Adjective
editlibanus (feminine libana, neuter libanum); first/second-declension adjective
- Lebanese (of Lebanon)
- frankincense
Declension
editFirst/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 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- “libanus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers