hebenus

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Latin

Alternative forms

ebenus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕβενος (hébenos), ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.be.nus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.be.nus/,

Noun

hebenus m (genitive hebenī); second declension

ebony

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hebenus	hebenī
genitive	hebenī	hebenōrum
dative	hebenō	hebenīs
accusative	hebenum	hebenōs
ablative	hebenō	hebenīs
vocative	hebene	hebenī

Descendants

→ Catalan: eben
→ Czech: eben
→ Middle English: ebenif, hebenyf (from ebenius)
- English: ebony
→ French: ébène
→ Galician: ébano
→ Middle High German: ebēnus, ebenus
→ Proto-West Germanic: *eban (see there for further descendants)
→ Icelandic: íbin
→ Old Irish: ébind
- Irish: éabann
- Manx: eabban
→ Italian: ebano
→ Polish: heban
→ Portuguese: ébano
→ Lower Sorbian: eben
→ Spanish: ébano (see there for further descendants)
→ Translingual: Ebenus (learned)

References

“hebenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“hebenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
hebenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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