abanet

English

Noun

abanet (plural abanets)

1. Alternative spelling of abnet

References

• “abanet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Tanabe, banate

Latin

Alternative forms

• abanēth

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אַבְנֵט (ʾaḇnēṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.neːt/, [ˈäbäneːt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.net/, [ˈäːbänet̪]

Noun

abanēt ? (indeclinable)

1. (Judaism) abnet
   • 386–400 CE, Saint Jerome, Epistulae 64.12 in Patrologia Latina (volume 22), Jacques-Paul Migne (editor), Paris 1845, column 614:

     Tertium genus est vestīmentī, quod illī appellant abanēt, nōs cingulum vel balteum, vel zōnam possumus dīcere.

     The third kind of clothing, which they call “abnet”, we can call girdle, belt or zone.

   • c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 19.21.2:

     Abanēt cingulum sacerdōtāle rotundum, polymitā arte ex coccō, purpurā, iacinthōque contextum, ita ut flōrēs atque gemmae in eō esse vidērentur distīnctae.

     The abnet is a round priestly belt, woven with intricate skill out of scarlet, purple and cornflower thread, so that flowers and gems can be seen adorned on it.

Declension

Indeclinable noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abanēt	abanēt
Genitive	abanēt	abanēt
Dative	abanēt	abanēt
Accusative	abanēt	abanēt
Ablative	abanēt	abanēt
Vocative	abanēt	abanēt

References

• “abanēt” in volume 1, column 46, line 15 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Anagrams

• Batnae