The corpus record

λῐβᾰνωτός

libanotos · ὁ

frankincense

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Where it lives

Plutus 2 · 2.48/10k
Frogs 2 · 2.2/10k
Wasps 2 · 2.06/10k
Revelation 2 · 2.02/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Paralipomenon I 1 · 0.75/10k
Histories 8 · 0.44/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

λῐβᾰνωτός · libanōtos — LSJ

frankincense

frankincense, the gum of the tree λίβανος, used to burn at sacrifices, Xenoph. 1.7, Hdt. 1.183, 2.40, 86, Ar. Nu. 426, V. 96, Ra. 871, Thphr. HP 4.4.14, etc.; λ. ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἐπιτιθέναι Antipho 1.18: called, when in small pieces, χόνδρος λιβανωτοῦ Luc. Sat. 16; when pounded, μάννα λιβανωτοῦ Gp. 6.6.1; cf. λιβανομάννα: the best kind was λ. ἄρρην Dsc. 1.68, Alciphr. 2.4.

= λίβανος I, Thphr. HP 9.1.6.

II the frankincense-market

the frankincense-market, Eup. 304, Chamael. ap. Ath. 9.374b.

III

= λιβανωτρίς, Apoc. 8.3, 5.

In the wild

λιβανωτόν · libanōton Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 358)
λιβανωτὸν · libanōton Aristophanes, Frogs 871
λιβανωτόν · libanōton Aristophanes, Frogs 888
λιβανωτὸν · libanōton Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 560)
λιβανωτόν · libanōton Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 906)
λιβανωτὸν · libanōton Aristophanes, Wasps 860 (DIORISIS sentence 626)

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Where it came from

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