ἀλάβαστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰλᾰ-</b>] or ἄλᾰβ-στρος, [[ὁ]] (ἡ, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Ev Marc.<span class="bibl">14.3</span>) [[alabaster]], [[globular vase without handles for holding perfumes]], often made of alabaster, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1053</span>, <span class="bibl">Crates Com.15.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.62</span>,<span class="bibl">143</span>, etc. ([[ἀλάβαστος]] (or <b class="b3">-ον</b>) is the earlier Att. form, <span class="title">SIG</span>102, cf. <span class="bibl">Ael.Dion.<span class="title">Fr.</span>31</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.990</span>: Dor. acc. pl. ἀλαβάστρως <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Lav.Pall.</span>15</span>):—neut. ἀλάβαστρον <span class="title">IG</span>2.745<span class="hiitalic">B</span>4, 11(2).161<span class="title">B</span>9 (Delos, iii B. C.), <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">4 Ki.</span>21.13</span> (cod. A), [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>14.3</span>: pl. [[ἀλάβαστρα]] or -τα <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.114</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.153 (Agath.).