- ἔβενος
- ἔβενοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `ebony(tree)' (Hdt.).Other forms: (m.; rarely also ἐβένη f.)Compounds: ἐβενό-τριχον = ἀδίαντον (Ps.-Dsc.; cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 38, 158).Derivatives: ἐβένινος `of ebony' (Str.), ἐβενῖτις `Art Gamander, πόλιον τὸ ὀρεινόν' (Ps.-Dsc.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 71).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.Etymology: From Egypt. hbnj `ebony', ultimately perhaps Nubian (Spiegelberg KZ 41, 131); from there Hebr. hobnīm (Lewy Fremdw. 35f.). From ἔβενος Arab.-Pers. 'abnūs and Lat. ebenus, from where OHG ebenus, Eng. ebon(y). - Schrader-Nehring 1, 209, Lokotsch Et. Wb. d. europ. Wörter or. Ursprungs Nr. 3.Page in Frisk: 1,435
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.