ἔβενος

See also: έβενος

Ancient Greek

Borrowed from Egyptian hbnj,

ἔβενος • (ébenos) f or m (genitive ἐβένου); second declension

Second declension of ὁ ἔβενος; τοῦ ἐβένου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔβενος ho ébenos	τὼ ἐβένω tṑ ebénō	οἱ ἔβενοι hoi ébenoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐβένου toû ebénou	τοῖν ἐβένοιν toîn ebénoin	τῶν ἐβένων tôn ebénōn
Dative	τῷ ἐβένῳ tōî ebénōi	τοῖν ἐβένοιν toîn ebénoin	τοῖς ἐβένοις toîs ebénois
Accusative	τὸν ἔβενον tòn ébenon	τὼ ἐβένω tṑ ebénō	τοὺς ἐβένους toùs ebénous
Vocative	ἔβενε ébene	ἐβένω ebénō	ἔβενοι ébenoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek: έβενος (évenos)
→ Armenian: էբենոս (ēbenos)
→ Latin: hebenus, ebenus (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle Persian: ʾpnws (abnūs)
- Persian: ابنوس (abnus), آبنوس (ābnūs, ābenūs), آبنوز (ābnūz) (see there for further descendants)
- → Classical Syriac: ܐܒܢܘܣܐ (ʾaḇnūsāʾ)
→ Old Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos), ոպնիազ (opniaz)
- Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos)

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