ἔβενος
ἔβενος, ἡ (ὁ in BCH 35.286 (Delos, ii B. C.)),
A). ebony, , 3.97 :—being the black heart-wood of various species of Diospyrus, 15.123 ἐ. Αἰθιοπική, = D. mespiliformis, ἐ. Ἰνδική, = D. Ebenum, , cf. 1.98 Mete. 384b17 , HP 1.5.4 (but ἐβένη,, ib. 4.4.6 ). (Prob. an Egyptian word.)