ἔβενος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">ἡ</b> (ὁ in <span class="title">BCH</span>35.286 (Delos, ii B. C.)), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[ebony]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.97</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc. 15.123</span>:—being the black heart-wood of various species of Diospyrus, <b class="b3">ἔβενος Αἰθιοπική</b>, = [[Diospyros mespiliformis]], <b class="b3">ἔβενος Ἰνδική</b>, = [[Diospyros ebenum]], [[Ceylon ebony]], Dsc. 1.98, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>384b17</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.5.4</span> (but <b class="b3">ἐβένη, ἡ</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">4.4.6</span>). (Prob. an Egyptian word.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">ebony(tree)</b> (Hdt.).<br />Other forms: (m.; rarely also <b class="b3">ἐβένη</b> f.)<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">ἐβενό-τριχον</b> = <b class="b3">ἀδίαντον</b> (Ps.-Dsc.; cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 38, 158).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἐβένινος</b> [[of ebony]] (Str.), <b class="b3">ἐβενῖτις</b> <b class="b2">Art Gamander, πόλιον τὸ ὀρεινόν</b> (Ps.-Dsc.; Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 71).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.<br />Etymology: From Egypt. [[hbnj]] [[ebony]], ultimately perhaps Nubian (Spiegelberg KZ 41, 131); from there Hebr. [[hobnīm]] (Lewy Fremdw. 35f.). From <b class="b3">ἔβενος</b> Arab.-Pers. [[abnūs]] and Lat. [[ebenus]], from where OHG [[ebenus]], Eng. <b class="b2">ebon(y</b>). - Schrader-Nehring 1, 209, Lokotsch Et. Wb. d. europ. Wörter or. Ursprungs Nr. 3.