The corpus record

ἔβενος

ebenos

of ebony

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Distribution

Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

Senses

1. ἔβενος · ebenos — Beekes

of ebony

2. ἔβενος · ebenos — Chantraine

Éthiopie au bois noir luisant et sans nœud, et l

3. ἔβενος · ebenos — Frisk

Ebenholz(baum)

4. ἔβενος · ebenos — LSJ

ebony, D. mespiliformis, D. Ebenum

Attestations

ἐβένου · ebenou Herodotus, Histories 3.97.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3635)
ἔβενον · ebenon Herodotus, Histories 3.114.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3738)

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan p. 415; entry #1849 Review: Under source audit
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 323; entry #2215 Review: Under source audit
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan p. 467; entry #1702 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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