- λήδανον
- λήδανονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: name of a stuff like resin, from the shrub called κίσθος (Hdt., medic., pap.).Other forms: also λά̄δανονDerivatives: 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 Άράβιοι 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.Page in Frisk: 2,114
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.