alabastron

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English

Greek glass alabastron

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρον (alábastron)

Noun

alabastron (plural alabastrons or alabastra)

  1. A kind of ancient pottery vase used for holding oils, and originally made from alabaster.
    • 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 67:
      The discovery, in an early deposit near the Northern Bath, in company with the serpentine vases described above, of the lid of an alabastron with the cartouche of the Hyksos king Khyan.

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Noun

alabastron

  1. accusative singular of alabastro

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρον (alábastron). First attested in 1888.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.laˈbas.trɔn/
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  • Rhymes: -astrɔn
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧bas‧tron

Noun

alabastron m inan

  1. (historical) alabastron
    Hypernym: naczynie

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References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alabastron”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Antoni Jodko-Narkiewicz (1888) Zarys dziejów malarstwa od najdawniejszych czasów do końca XVIII stulecia poprzedzony pobieżnym rzutem oka na historyą i cywilizacyą narodów starożytnych i mniej znanych ludów współczesnych z uwzględnieniem przeważnie ich rozwoju w rozmaitych gałęziach sztuki. Cz. 1 obejmująca szkic umysłowego i artystycznego rozwoju ludzkości od zawiązku pierwszych społeczeństw do początków sztuki chrześciajańskiej. T. 3 (in Polish), page 325
  3. ^ alabastron in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

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