hĕbĕnus (less correctly ĕbĕnus, Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 421), i. f., Gr. ἔβενος,
the ebon-tree , ebony : Diospyros ebenum, Linn.; Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 204; 6, 30, 35, § 197; Verg. G. 2, 117; Ov. M. 11, 610; Pers. 5, 135; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 7, 36.
hebenus (ebe-) ī, f , ἔβενος, the ebon tree, O.—Ebony: niger, V. ...
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