λῐβᾰνωτός, ὁ,
also ἡ [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Sam.fragment” 1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:— frankincense, the gum of the tree λίβανος, used to burn at sacrifices, [[ 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.7, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.183, 2.40, 86, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 426, “V.” 96, “Ra.” 871, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.4.14, etc.; λ. ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἐπιτιθέναι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.18 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: called, when in small pieces, χόνδρος λιβανωτοῦ [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sat.” 16; when pounded, μάννα λιβανωτοῦ “Geoponica” 6.6.1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare λιβανομάννα: the best kind was λ. ἄρρην [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.68, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.4. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 ={λίβανος}[[ 1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.1.6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II the frankincensemarket, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 304, Chamaeleon Grammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.374b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III ={λιβανωτρίς}, [[ NT.Rev.8.3, 5. ] NT]