ebenus
ĕbĕnus, v. hebenus.
ĕbĕnus, (15) ī, f. (ἔβενος), ébénier [arbre] : Plin. 6, 197 || ébène : Ov. M. 11, 610.
ebenus see hebenus.
Ebĕnus
(ἔβενος) and Hebĕnus (ἕβενος). Ebony; spoken of by Vergil as produced only in India, but by Herodotus mentioned as one of the articles of tribute paid by the Ethiopians to the king of Persia (Georg. ii. 117; Herod.iii. 97). By the ancients it was frequently inlaid with ivory because of the contrast of the colours.