ἀλάβαστρον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lá.bas.tron/ → /aˈla.βas.tron/ → /aˈla.vas.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lá.bas.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈla.bas.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈla.βas.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈla.vas.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈla.vas.tron/

Noun

ἀλάβαστρον • (alábastron) n (genitive ἀλᾰβάστρου); second declension

1. Alternative form of ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “globular vase without handles”)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓λᾰ́βᾰστρον; τοῦ ᾰ̓λᾰβᾰ́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓λᾰ́βᾰστρον tò ălắbăstron	τὼ ᾰ̓λᾰβᾰ́στρω tṑ ălăbắstrō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓λᾰ́βᾰστρᾰ tằ ălắbăstră
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓λᾰβᾰ́στρου toû ălăbắstrou	τοῖν ᾰ̓λᾰβᾰ́στροιν toîn ălăbắstroin	τῶν ᾰ̓λᾰβᾰ́στρων tôn ălăbắstrōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓λᾰβᾰ́στρῳ tôi ălăbắstrōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓λᾰβᾰ́στροιν toîn ălăbắstroin	τοῖς ᾰ̓λᾰβᾰ́στροις toîs ălăbắstrois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓λᾰ́βᾰστρον tò ălắbăstron	τὼ ᾰ̓λᾰβᾰ́στρω tṑ ălăbắstrō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓λᾰ́βᾰστρᾰ tằ ălắbăstră
Vocative	ᾰ̓λᾰ́βᾰστρον ălắbăstron	ᾰ̓λᾰβᾰ́στρω ălăbắstrō	ᾰ̓λᾰ́βᾰστρᾰ ălắbăstră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Quotations

• The Gospel of Mark 14:3:

  Καὶ ὄντος αὐτοῦ ἐν Βηθανίᾳ, ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ Σίμωνος τοῦ λεπροῦ, κατακειμένου αὐτοῦ, ἦλθε γυνὴ ἔχουσα ἀλάβαστρον μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆς πολυτελοῦς· καὶ συντρίψασα τὸ ἀλάβαστρον, κατέχεεν αὐτοῦ κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς.

  Kaì óntos autoû en Bēthaníāi, en têi oikíāi Símōnos toû leproû, katakeiménou autoû, êlthe gunḕ ékhousa alábastron múrou nárdou pistikês poluteloûs; kaì suntrípsasa tò alábastron, katékheen autoû katà tês kephalês.

  • Translation by KJV

    And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

Descendants

• → Greek: αλάβαστρο (alávastro)
• → English: alabastron
• → Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌽 (alabalstraun)
• → Latin: alabastrum
  • → Hungarian: alabástrom
• → Polish: alabastron

Noun

ἀλᾰβάστρου • (alăbástrou)

1. accusative singular of ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros)

Further reading

• ἀλάβαστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλάβαστρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀλάβαστρον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• G211 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible