hebenus

Latin

Alternative forms

• ebenus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕβενος (hébenos), ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.be.nus/, [ˈhɛbɛnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.be.nus/, [ˈɛːbenus]

Noun

hebenus m (genitive hebenī); second declension

1. ebony

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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
• → 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
  • Irish: éabann
  • Manx: eabban
• → Italian: ebano
• → Polish: heban
• → Portuguese: ébano
• → Lower Sorbian: eben
• → Spanish: ébano (see there for further descendants)
• → Translingual: Ebenus (learned)

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.