ἔβενος

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ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ → but deliver us from evil

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Full diacritics: ἔβενος Medium diacritics: ἔβενος Low diacritics: έβενος Capitals: ΕΒΕΝΟΣ
Transliteration A: ébenos Transliteration B: ebenos Transliteration C: evenos Beta Code: e)/benos

English (LSJ)

(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.)