Libanus

Lĭbănus (scanned Lībănus, Sedul. 4, 55), i, m., = Λίβανος (Hebr. Lĕbānōn),

• Mount Lebanon, in Syria, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 77; Aus. Techn. Idyll. 12, 5; Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 33.—
• • B Lībănus, a, um, adj., of Lebanon: Libana cedrus, Sedul. 4, 55.—
• II Transf.: lĭbănus, i, c., frankincense (pure Lat. tus), Vulg. Sirach, 24, 21; 39, 18.

Lĭbănus, i, m.,

• the name of a slave, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 37 (52).

1. Libanus, ī, m. (Λίβανος), ein Gebirge im südl. Syrien, der Libanon, Plin. 5, 77. Tac. hist. 5, 6. Flor. 3, 5, 29. Auson. edyll. 12 de vere primo 5. p. 137 Schenkl. Vulg. deut. 1, 7 u.a. – Adi., Libana cedrus, Sedul. carm. 4, 55 (wo Lībana gemessen ist). – Dav. Libanītis, idis, Akk. Plur. idas, f. (Λιβανῖτις), vom Libanon, mulieres, Orb. descr. 17 (Auct. class. 3, 395).

1 Lĭbănus, ī, m. (Λίβανος), le Liban [montagne de Syrie] : Plin. 5, 77 ; Tac. H. 5, 6 || -us, a, um, du Liban : Sedul. Carm. pasch. 4, 55.

2 Lĭbănus, (11) ī, m. , nom dʼesclave : Pl.

Libănus

(Λίβανος). A range of mountains on the confines of Syria and Palestine, dividing Phoenicé from Coelé-Syria. Its highest summits are covered with perpetual snow, and its sides were in ancient times clothed with forests of cedars. It is considerably lower than the opposite range of Anti-Libanus. In the Scriptures the word Lebanon is used for both ranges and for either of them; but in classical authors the names Libanus and Anti-Libanus are distinctive terms, being applied to the west and east ranges respectively (Ptol.v. 15).