ebeninus

Latin

Alternative forms

• hebeninus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐβένινος (ebéninos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈbe.ni.nus/, [ɛˈbɛnɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈbe.ni.nus/, [eˈbɛːninus]

Adjective

ebeninus (feminine ebenina, neuter ebeninum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) ebony

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ebeninus	ebenina	ebeninum		ebeninī	ebeninae	ebenina
Genitive	ebeninī	ebeninae	ebeninī		ebeninōrum	ebeninārum	ebeninōrum
Dative	ebeninō		ebeninō		ebeninīs
Accusative	ebeninum	ebeninam	ebeninum		ebeninōs	ebeninās	ebenina
Ablative	ebeninō	ebeninā	ebeninō		ebeninīs
Vocative	ebenine	ebenina	ebeninum		ebeninī	ebeninae	ebenina

Related terms

• ebenus

References

• “ebeninus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ebeninus 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)
• ebeninus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.