libanochrus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λιβανόχρους (libanókhrous, “frankincense-colored”), from λίβανος (líbanos, “frankincense”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liˈba.no.kʰruːs/, [lʲɪˈbänɔkʰruːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈba.no.krus/, [liˈbäːnokrus]

Noun

libanochrūs f (genitive libanochrī); second declension

1. An unknown precious stone

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	libanochrūs	libanochrī
Genitive	libanochrī	libanochrōrum
Dative	libanochrō	libanochrīs
Accusative	libanochrum	libanochrōs
Ablative	libanochrō	libanochrīs
Vocative	libanochre	libanochrī

References

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