hebenus

Latin

Alternative forms

ebenus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕβενος (hébenos), ἔβενος (ébenos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.be.nus/, [ˈhɛbɛnʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.be.nus/, [ˈɛːbenus]

Noun

hebenus m (genitive hebenī); second declension

ebony

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hebenus	hebenī
Genitive	hebenī	hebenōrum
Dative	hebenō	hebenīs
Accusative	hebenum	hebenōs
Ablative	hebenō	hebenīs
Vocative	hebene	hebenī

Descendants

→ Catalan: eben
→ Czech: eben
→ Icelandic: íbin
→ French: ébène
→ Galician: ébano
→ Italian: ebano
→ Lower Sorbian: eben
→ Middle Dutch: ebeen
- Dutch: ebben
→ Middle English: ebenif, hebenyf (from ebenius)
- English: ebony
→ Old Irish: ébind
- Irish: éabann
- Manx: eabban
→ Polish: heban
→ Portuguese: ébano
→ Spanish: ébano
- → Basque: ebano
- → Tagalog: ebano
→ Swedish: eben
- → Finnish: eeben
⇒ compounded with "wood"
- → Middle Dutch: ebeenhout
  - Dutch: ebbenhout
    - Afrikaans: ebbehout
- → Middle High German:
  - German: Ebenholz
    - → Hungarian: ében
- → Middle Low German: îbenholt
  - Low German: ebenholt
  - → Danish: ibenholt
  - → Norwegian: ibenholt

References

“hebenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“hebenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
hebenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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