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)

1. alabaster
2. alabastron
3. (masculine) Accusative singular form of αλάβαστρος (alávastros).

Declension

Declension of αλάβαστρο

	singular	plural
nominative	αλάβαστρο •	αλάβαστρα •
genitive	αλαβάστρου •,  αλάβαστρου •	αλαβάστρων •,  αλάβαστρων •
accusative	αλάβαστρο •	αλάβαστρα •
vocative	αλάβαστρο •	αλάβαστρα •

Alternative forms

• αλάβαστρος m (alávastros)

Related terms

• αλαβάστρινος (alavástrinos, “alabaster”, adj)

See also

• Αλάβαστρο (αγγείο) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

Etymology 2

Inflectional form.

Noun

αλάβαστρο • (alávastro) m

1. Accusative singular form of αλάβαστρος (alávastros).

Further reading

• αλάβαστρο - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only], Centre for the Greek language
• “αλάβαστρο”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998