alabastrum
English edit
Noun edit
alabastrum (plural alabastra or alabastrums)
- An alabastron, or ancient pottery container for oil.
- (botany) A flower bud[1]
References edit
- ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Alabastrum.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.
- “alabastrum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.laˈbas.trum/, [äɫ̪äˈbäs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.laˈbas.trum/, [äläˈbäst̪rum]
Noun edit
alabastrum n (genitive alabastrī); second declension
- Alternative form of alabaster
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alabastrum | alabastra |
| Genitive | alabastrī | alabastrōrum |
| Dative | alabastrō | alabastrīs |
| Accusative | alabastrum | alabastra |
| Ablative | alabastrō | alabastrīs |
| Vocative | alabastrum | alabastra |
References edit
- alabastrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “alabastrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “alabastrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin