Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λάδανον

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λάδανον

Etym.: Foreign word.

Sense

  1. an aromatic gum, gum mastich

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ δὴ λήδανον, τὸ καλέουσι Ἀράβιοι λάδανον, ἔτι τούτου θωμασιώτερον γίνεται· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 112 2:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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