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ἔβενος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔβενος ἐβένου

Structure: ἐβεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. ebony tree, wood

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

  • εὑρ͂εν Ἔρωσ τί καλῷ μίξει καλόν, οὐχὶ μάραγδον χρυσῷ, ὃ μήτ’ ἀνθεῖ, μήτε γένοιτ’ ἐν ἴσῳ, οὐδ’ ἐλέφαντ’ ἐβένῳ, λευκῷ μέλαν, ἀλλὰ Κλέανδρον Εὐβιότῳ, πειθοῦσ ἄνθεα καὶ φιλίησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1631)
  • ὁ δὲ θρόνοσ ποικίλοσ μὲν χρυσῷ καὶ λίθοισ, ποικίλοσ δὲ καὶ ἐβένῳ τε καὶ ἐλέφαντί ἐστι· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 11 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. ebony tree

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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