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ἀλάβαστος

alabastos

vase without handles for storing perfumes

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1. ἀλάβαστος · alabastos — Beekes

ἀλάβαστος [m.] ‘vase without handles for storing perfumes’, often made of alabaster (Hdt.). eVAR Later ἀλαβάστρος [m.], -tpov [n.]. *DER Diminutive ἀλαβάστιον (Eub.); further ἀλαβάστριον [n.] and ἀλαβαστρίνη (scil. λιθοτομία) ‘alabaster quarry’ (pap.); ἀλαβαστρίτης (λίθος) [m.] ‘alabaster’, ἀλαβαστῖτις πέτρα (Callix.); ἀλαβάστρινος (pap.); ἀλαβαστρών [m.] ‘alabaster quarry’, ἀλαβαστρωνίτης ‘worker in an … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀλάβαστος, p. 106]

2. ἀλάβαστος · alabastos — Frisk

ἀλάβαστος, später ἀλάβαστρος m. und ἀλάβαστρον n.‘Salbgefäß’, oft aus sog. Alabaster gemacht (Hdt., Kom., Inschr.). Demin. ἀλαβάστιον (Eub.). Sonstige Ableitungen: ἀλαβάστριον τι. und ἀλαβαστρίνη (sc. λιϑοτομία) “Alabasterbruch’ (Pap.); ἀλαβαστρίτῆς (Aldos) m. “Alabaster’, ἀλαβαστῖτις πέτρα (Kallıx.), vgl. Redard Les noms grecs en -zns 52; ἀλαβάστρινος (Pap.); ἀλαβαστρών m. “Alabasterbruch’ mit ἀλαβαστρωνίτης … — [Frisk, s.v. ἀλάβαστος, p. 92]

3. ἀλάβαστος · alabastos — LSJ

globular vase without handles for holding perfumes

globular vase without handles for holding perfumes, often made of alabaster, Hdt. 3.20, Ar. Ach. 1053, Crates Com. 15.6, Alex. 62, 143, etc. (ἀλάβαστος (or -ον) is the earlier Att. form, SIG 102, cf. Ael.Dion. Fr. 31, Men. 990: Dor. acc. pl. ἀλαβάστρως Call. Lav.Pall. 15) :—neut. ἀλάβαστρον IG 2.745B4, 11(2).161B 9 (Delos, iii B. C.), LXX 4 Ki. 21.13 (cod. A), v.l. in Ev.Marc. 14.3: pl. ἀλάβαστρα or -τα Theoc. 15.114, AP 9.153 (Agath.).

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