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ἔβενος

ἔβενος, the ebony-tree, ebony

ἔβενος, ἡ (ὁ in BCH 35.286 (Delos, ii B. C.)),
  • 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. HP 1.5.4 (but ἐβένη, ἡ, ib. 4.4.6). (Prob. an Egyptian word.)

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