ἔβενος
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See also: έβενος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.be.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.be.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.βe.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ve.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.ve.nos/
Noun
ἔβενος • (ébenos) f or m (genitive ἐβένου); second declension
- ebony tree, wood
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ ἔβενος ho ébenos |
τὼ ἐβένω tṑ ebénō |
οἱ ἔβενοι hoi ébenoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐβένου toû ebénou |
τοῖν ἐβένοιν toîn ebénoin |
τῶν ἐβένων tôn ebénōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐβένῳ tôi ebénōi |
τοῖν ἐβένοιν toîn ebénoin |
τοῖς ἐβένοις toîs ebénois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἔβενον tòn ébenon |
τὼ ἐβένω tṑ ebénō |
τοὺς ἐβένους toùs ebénous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔβενε ébene |
ἐβένω ebénō |
ἔβενοι ébenoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐβένῐνος (ebéninos)
- ἐβενῖτῐς (ebenîtis)
- ἐβενότρῐχον (ebenótrikhon)
Descendants
- Greek: έβενος (évenos)
- → Armenian: էբենոս (ēbenos)
- → Latin: hebenus, ebenus (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Persian: ʾpnws (abnūs)
- → Old Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos), ոպնիազ (opniaz)
- Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos)
References
- “ἔβενος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔβενος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔβενος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔβενος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ebony idem, page 260.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եբենոս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press