Libanus

See also: libanus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λίβανος (Líbanos), from a Semitic source.

Proper noun

Libanus m sg (genitive Libanī); second declension

Lebanon (a mountain range in the country of Lebanon, Western Asia)
(New Latin) Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Libanus
Genitive	Libanī
Dative	Libanō
Accusative	Libanum
Ablative	Libanō
Vocative	Libane

Descendants

Catalan: Líban
French: Liban
Italian: Libano
Portuguese: Líbano
Spanish: Líbano

References

“Libanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Libanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Welsh

Proper noun

Libanus f (not mutable)

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Gweriniaeth Libanus)

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