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λήδανον

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Ἡ γὰρ σιωπὴ μαρτυρεῖ τὸ μὴ θέλειν → Hominem non velle significat silentium → Das Schweigen zeugt davon, dass der, der schweigt, nicht will

Menander, Monostichoi, 223
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Full diacritics: λήδᾰνον Medium diacritics: λήδανον Low diacritics: λήδανον Capitals: ΛΗΔΑΝΟΝ
Transliteration A: lḗdanon Transliteration B: lēdanon Transliteration C: lidanon Beta Code: lh/danon

English (LSJ)

or λάδᾰνον [λᾱ], τό, (lh=don)

   A = κίσθος, gum-ladanum, τὸ λήδανον, τὸ καλέουσι Ἀράβιοι λάδανον Hdt.3.112, cf. 107, Hp.Mul.2.189, Plu.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.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

λήδᾰνον: ἢ λάδανον, τό, τὸ κόμμι τοῦ θάμνου λήδου, εἶδος ἀρωματικῆς ῥητίνης, Ἡρόδ. 3. 112, πρβλ. 107, Γαλην., κλ. (Ἴδε ἐν λέξ. κιννάμωμον).

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τό) :
ladanum, gomme aromatique de l’Orient.
Étymologie: cf. λάδανον, DELG λῆδον.