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λήδᾰνον

ledanon

ou λἄδανον : n

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What it meant

1. λήδανον · lēdanon — Chantraine

λήδανον ou λἄδανον : n., oléo-résine produite par divers .cistes [κίσθος] (Hdt., médec., pap., etc.); par dérivation inverse λῆδον n. — κίσθος (Dsc.). Voir Stadler, RE 12,375; aussi Bjôrck, Alpha impurum 289. Le lat. lädanum, lédanum, laudanum doit être un emprunt au grec. Et.: Emprunt sémitique, cf. arabe ladan qui a fourni lädän au persan (cf. Hat. 3,112 : λήδανον, τὸ καλέουσι *ApdBror AdBavov). Voir E. Masson, … — [Chantraine, s.v. λήδανον, p. 653]

2. λήδᾰνον · lēdanon — LSJ

gum-ladanum

= κίσθος, gum-ladanum, τὸ λήδανον, τὸ καλέουσι Ἀράβιοι λάδανον Hdt. 3.112, cf. 107, Hp. Mul. 2.189, Plu. Pyth. 2.397a, Ruf. ap. Gal. 12.425, Heraclid. ib. 436, Gal. 12.28, al., Wilcken Chr. 273i15 (ii/iii A.D.). (λη- Hdt. ll.cc., Hp. l.c. (cod. opt.), Plu. l.c., also (in verse) Ruf. l.c.; λα- Heraclid., Gal., Wilcken Chr. ll.cc., v.l. in Hp. l.c.).

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