ἔβενος
κορυδός ἐν ἀμούσοις φθέγγεται → a lark sings amid the songless | in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king | in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king | in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
English (LSJ)
ἡ (ὁ in BCH35.286 (Delos, ii B. C.)),
A ebony, Hdt.3.97, Theoc. 15.123:—being the black heart-wood of various species of Diospyrus, ἐ. Αἰθιοπική, = D. mespiliformis, ἐ. Ἰνδική, = D. Ebenum, Dsc. 1.98, cf. Arist.Mete.384b17, Thphr.HP1.5.4 (but ἐβένη, ἡ, ib.4.4.6). (Prob. an Egyptian word.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 700] ἡ, Ebenbaum, Ebenholz, von Her. 3, 97 an öfter.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔβενος: ἡ, τὸ δένδρον τῆς ἐβένου· τὸ ξύλον αὐτῆς, Ἡρόδ. 5. 97, Θεόκρ. 15. 143· ὑπῆρχον δὲ δύο εἴδη, ἡ μέλαινα Αἰθιοπικὴ καὶ ἡ πολύχρωμος Ἰνδικὴ (ποικίλη), Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 4. 7, 16, π. Φυτ. 2. 9, 6· - ἡ δευτέρα καλεῖται παρὰ Θεοφρ. Ἱστ. Φ. 4. 4, 6, ἐβένη, ἡ. (Πιθ. Φοινικικὴ λέξις, πρβλ. τὸ Ἑβραϊκ. habnim, Ἰεζεκ. ΚΖ΄, 15 ἐν τῇ Ἑλλ. μεταφρ. τῆς Βίβλ. Ἑταιρείας).
