αλάβαστρο
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈla.va.stɾo/
- Hyphenation: α‧λά‧βα‧στρο
Etymology 1
From Hellenistic Koine Greek ἀλάβαστρον from ancient masculine ὁ ἀλάβαστρος.
Noun
αλάβαστρο • (alávastro) n (plural αλάβαστρα)
- alabaster
- alabastron
- (masculine) accusative singular of αλάβαστρος (alávastros)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | αλάβαστρο (alávastro) | αλάβαστρα (alávastra) |
| genitive | αλαβάστρου (alavástrou) αλάβαστρου (alávastrou) |
αλαβάστρων (alavástron) αλάβαστρων (alávastron) |
| accusative | αλάβαστρο (alávastro) | αλάβαστρα (alávastra) |
| vocative | αλάβαστρο (alávastro) | αλάβαστρα (alávastra) |
Alternative forms
- αλάβαστρος m (alávastros)
Related terms
- αλαβάστρινος (alavástrinos, “alabaster”, adjective)
See also
- Αλάβαστρο (αγγείο) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
Etymology 2
Inflectional form.
Noun
αλάβαστρο • (alávastro) m
- accusative singular of αλάβαστρος (alávastros)
Further reading
- αλάβαστρο - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only (abbreviations)], Centre for the Greek language
- αλάβαστρο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language