ἀλάβαστρον
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
German (Pape)
[Seite 88] τό, s. Folgds.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
v. ἀλάβαστρος.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
• Prosodia: [ᾰλᾰ-]
pomo para ungüentos, alabastro Συρίω μύρω χρύσει' ἀλάβαστρα Theoc.15.114.
English (Strong)
neuter of alabastros (of uncertain derivation), the name of a stone; properly, an "alabaster" box, i.e. (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material): (alabaster) box.
