λιβανωτός

libanotos

frankincense

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 5
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Book IV 5
Chapter 9 385b6–388a9

387b26
387b30
388a3

Chapter 10 388a10–389a23

388b20
388b31
History of Animals 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 3 583a14–583b28

583a24
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 1406b20–1407a18

1407a11
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 6 445b3–448a27

446b22

Dictionary (LSJ)

λιβανωτός, ὁ, also ἡ Men. Sam.Fr. 1:—A. frankincense, the gum of the tree λίβανος, used to burn at sacrifices, Xenoph. 1.7, Hdt. 1.183, 2.40, 86, Ar. Nu. 426, V. 96, Ra. 871, Thphr. HP 4.4.14, etc.; λ. ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἐπιτιθέναι Antipho 1.18: called, when in small pieces, χόνδρος λιβανωτοῦ Luc. Sat. 16; when pounded, μάννα λιβανωτοῦ Gp. 6.6.1; cf. λιβανομάννα: the best kind was λ. ἄρρην Dsc. 1.68, Alciphr. 2.4. 2. = λίβανος I, Thphr. HP 9.1.6. II. the frankincensemarket, Eup. 304, Chamael. ap. Ath. 9.374b. III. = λιβανωτρίς, Apoc. 8.3, 5.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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