ălăbaster, tri, m. (plur. also ălăba-stra, n.), = ἀλάβαστρος, plur. -ρα.
I A box or casket for perfumes , tapering to a point at the top , a box for unguents : alabaster plenus unguenti, * Cic. Ac. Post. ap. Non. 545, 15: mulier habens alabastrum unguenti, Vulg. Matt. 26, 7; ib. Marc. 14, 3; ib. Luc. 7, 37: redolent alabastra, Mart. 11, 8, 9; Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19.—Hence,
II The form of a rose-bud , pointed at the top : in virides alabastros fastigato, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.