ἔβενος
From LSJ
ἀσκέειν, περὶ τὰ νουσήματα, δύο, ὠφελέειν, ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν → strive, with regard to diseases, for two things — to do good, or to do no harm | as to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm
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.
