ἔβενος

See also: έβενος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔβελος (ébelos), ἐβένη (ebénē)

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian hbnj,

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.be.nos/ → /ˈe.βe.nos/ → /ˈe.ve.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.be.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.be.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.βe.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ve.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ve.nos/

Noun

ἔβενος • (ébenos) f or m (genitive ἐβένου); second declension

1. ebony tree, wood

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔβενος ho ébenos	τὼ ἐβένω tṑ ebénō	οἱ ἔβενοι hoi ébenoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐβένου toû ebénou	τοῖν ἐβένοιν toîn ebénoin	τῶν ἐβένων tôn ebénōn
Dative	τῷ ἐβένῳ tôi ebénōi	τοῖν ἐβένοιν toîn ebénoin	τοῖς ἐβένοις toîs ebénois
Accusative	τὸν ἔβενον tòn ébenon	τὼ ἐβένω tṑ ebénō	τοὺς ἐβένους toùs ebénous
Vocative	ἔβενε ébene	ἐβένω ebénō	ἔβενοι ébenoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ὁ ἔβενος; τοῦ ἐβένου (Attic)

Derived terms

• ἐβένῐνος (ebéninos)
• ἐβενῖτῐς (ebenîtis)
• ἐβενότρῐχον (ebenótrikhon)

 

Descendants

• Greek: έβενος (évenos)
• → Armenian: էբենոս (ēbenos)
• → Latin: hebenus, ebenus (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle Persian: ʾpnws (abnūs)
  • Persian: ابنوس (abnus), آبنوس (ābnūs, ābenūs), آبنوز (ābnūz) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܐܒܢܘܣܐ (ʾaḇnūsāʾ)
• → Old Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos), ոպնիազ (opniaz)
  • Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos)

References

• “ἔβενος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔβενος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔβενος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔβενος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ebony idem, page 260.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եբենոս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press