alabastron
English
editEtymology
editAncient Greek ἀλάβαστρον (alábastron)
Noun
editalabastron (plural alabastrons or alabastra)
- A kind of ancient pottery vase used for holding oils, and originally made from alabaster.
- 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 67:
- The discovery, in an early deposit near the Northern Bath, in company with the serpentine vases described above, of the lid of an alabastron with the cartouche of the Hyksos king Khyan.
Translations
edittype of vase
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Further reading
edit- alabastron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Esperanto
editNoun
editalabastron
- accusative singular of alabastro
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρον (alábastron).[1] First attested in 1888.[2][3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalabastron m inan
- (historical) alabastron
- Hypernym: naczynie
Declension
editDeclension of alabastron
singular | plural | |
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nominative | alabastron | alabastrony |
genitive | alabastronu | alabastronów |
dative | alabastronowi | alabastronom |
accusative | alabastron | alabastrony |
instrumental | alabastronem | alabastronami |
locative | alabastronie | alabastronach |
vocative | alabastronie | alabastrony |
Related terms
editadjective
adverb
nouns
References
edit- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alabastron”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Antoni Jodko-Narkiewicz (1888) Zarys dziejów malarstwa od najdawniejszych czasów do końca XVIII stulecia poprzedzony pobieżnym rzutem oka na historyą i cywilizacyą narodów starożytnych i mniej znanych ludów współczesnych z uwzględnieniem przeważnie ich rozwoju w rozmaitych gałęziach sztuki. Cz. 1 obejmująca szkic umysłowego i artystycznego rozwoju ludzkości od zawiązku pierwszych społeczeństw do początków sztuki chrześciajańskiej. T. 3[1] (in Polish), page 325
- ^ alabastron in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Further reading
edit- alabastron in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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