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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀλάβαστρον ἀλαβάστρω ἀλάβαστρα
Genitive ἀλαβάστρου ἀλαβάστροιν ἀλαβάστρων
Dative ἀλαβάστρῳ ἀλαβάστροιν ἀλαβάστροις
Accusative ἀλάβαστρον ἀλαβάστρω ἀλάβαστρα
Vocative ἀλάβαστρον ἀλαβάστρω ἀλάβαστρα

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

  • καὶ ὁπότε ἧκον ἐκ Συρίασ, ἀλάβαστρον μύρου ἐκ Φοινίκησ, δύο καὶ τοῦτο δραχμῶν νὴ τὸν Ποσειδῶ. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:5)
  • προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ γυνὴ ἔχουσα ἀλάβαστρον μύρου βαρυτίμου καὶ κατέχεεν ἐπὶ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ αὐτοῦ ἀνακειμένου. (, chapter 26 9:1)
  • Καὶ ὄντοσ αὐτοῦ ἐν Βηθανίᾳ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ Σίμωνοσ τοῦ λεπροῦ κατακειμένου αὐτοῦ ἦλθεν γυνὴ ἔχουσα ἀλάβαστρον μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆσ πολυτελοῦσ συντρίψασα τὴν ἀλάβαστρον κατέχεεν αὐτοῦ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ. (, chapter 10 191:1)
  • ἐπείτε δὲ τῷ Καμβύσῃ ἐκ τῆσ Ἐλεφαντίνησ ἀπίκοντο οἱ Ἰχθυοφάγοι, ἔπεμπε αὐτοὺσ ἐσ τοὺσ Αἰθίοπασ ἐντειλάμενοσ τὰ λέγειν χρῆν καὶ δῶρα φέροντασ πορφύρεόν τε εἷμα καὶ χρύσεον στρεπτὸν περιαυχένιον καὶ ψέλια καὶ μύρου ἀλάβαστρον καὶ φοινικηίου οἴνου κάδον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 20 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a box or casket of alabaster

Related

Similar forms

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

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