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ἀλάβαστρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλάβαστρον

Structure: ἀλαβαστρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: a)la/bastos

Sense

  1. a box or casket of alabaster

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πὰρ μέν οἱ ὡρ́ια κεῖται, ὅσα δρυὸσ ἄκρα φέρονται, πὰρ δ’ ἁπαλοὶ κᾶποι πεφυλαγμένοι ἐν ταλαρίσκοισ ἀργυρέοισ, Συρίω δὲ μύρω χρύσει’ ἀλάβαστρα. (Theocritus, Idylls, 134)
  • πῆ Παφίησ ἀλάβαστρα, καὶ ἡ πάγχρυσοσ ἐφεστρίσ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1533)

Synonyms

  1. a box or casket of alabaster

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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