"alabaster" meaning in Latin

See alabaster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [a.ɫaˈbas.tɛr] [Classical-Latin], [a.laˈbas.ter] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase without handles for storing perfumes”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|grc:ἀλάβαστος<alt:ἀλάβαστρος>}}, {{bor|la|grc|ἀλάβαστρος|}} Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros) Head templates: {{la-noun|alabaster/alabastr<2>}} alabaster m (genitive alabastrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|alabaster/alabastr<2>}} Forms: alabastrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], alabaster [nominative, singular], alabastrī [nominative, plural], alabastrī [genitive, singular], alabastrōrum [genitive, plural], alabastrō [dative, singular], alabastrīs [dative, plural], alabastrum [accusative, singular], alabastrōs [accusative, plural], alabastrō [ablative, singular], alabastrīs [ablative, plural], alabaster [singular, vocative], alabastrī [plural, vocative], alabastrum [alternative]
  1. a box, tapering to a point at the top, for perfumes or unguents Tags: declension-2, masculine

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "alabastre"
    },
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        "a box, tapering to a point at the top, for perfumes or unguents"
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        ]
      ],
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}

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