"alabaster" meaning in Latin

See alabaster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /a.laˈbas.ter/ [Classical-Latin], [äɫ̪äˈbäs̠t̪ɛr] [Classical-Latin], /a.laˈbas.ter/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [äläˈbäst̪er] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase made of alabaster”). Etymology templates: {{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]
  1. a box, tapering to a point at the top, for perfumes or unguents Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms: alabastrum
    Sense id: en-alabaster-la-noun-JTuZNcuw Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for alabaster meaning in Latin (4.6kB)

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    },
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Irish: albastar",
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          },
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        }
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      "form": "alabastrī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alabaster",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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        "a box, tapering to a point at the top, for perfumes or unguents"
      ],
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          "box",
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          "perfume"
        ],
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          "unguent",
          "unguent"
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        }
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[äɫ̪äˈbäs̠t̪ɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/a.laˈbas.ter/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äläˈbäst̪er]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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        }
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
          "expansion": "Italian: alabastro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
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    },
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          },
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        }
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alabastrīs",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
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        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
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        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/a.laˈbas.ter/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "ipa": "[äläˈbäst̪er]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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}

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