λήδανον
Βέβαιον οὐδέν ἐστιν ἐν θνητῷ βίῳ → Nihil, ut videtur, proprium in vita datur → Nichts Festes gibt's im Leben eines Sterblichen
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.
Greek Monotonic
λήδᾰνον: Ιων. αντί λάδανον[λᾶ].
Russian (Dvoretsky)
λήδᾰνον: ион. λάδᾰνον τό араб. ладан (ароматическая камедь куста λῇδος) Her., Plut.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: name of a stuff like resin, from the shrub called κίσθος (Hdt., medic., pap.).
Other forms: also λάδανον
Derivatives: Backformation λῆδον n. = κίσθος (Dsc.).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Semit.
Etymology: LW [loanword], first from Semitic, cf. Arab. lādan > NPers. lādän, Assyr. ladunu (λήδανον, τὸ καλέουσι Ἀράβιοι λάδανον Hdt. 3, 112). Lat. LW [loanword] lēdanum, lādanum (with the backformations lēda, lāda Cistus cyprius), Slav., e.g. Russ. ládan sweet-smelling resin, incense. Further forms and details (partly divergent) in W.-Hofmann s. lēda. E. Masson, Emprunts sémit. 55 n. 3.
See also: S. auch λωτός.
