hebenus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕβενος (hébenos), ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhe.be.nus/, [ˈhɛbɛnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.be.nus/, [ˈɛːbenus]
Noun[edit]
hebenus m (genitive hebenī); second declension
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- → Catalan: eben
- → Czech: eben
- → Middle English: ebenif, hebenyf (from ebenius)
- English: ebony
- → French: ébène
- → Galician: ébano
- → Middle High German: ebēnus, ebenus
- → Proto-West Germanic: *eban (see there for further descendants)
- → Icelandic: íbin
- → Old Irish: ébind
- → Italian: ebano
- → Polish: heban
- → Portuguese: ébano
- → Lower Sorbian: eben
- → Spanish: ébano (see there for further descendants)
- → Translingual: Ebenus (learned)
References[edit]
- “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.