ἀλάβαστος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros)

Etymology

Sethe explained the form as Egyptian ꜥj-r-bꜣstjt (“vessel of the Egyptian goddess Bast”), but this is doubtful.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἀλάβαστος • (alábastos) m (genitive ἀλαβάστου); second declension

  1. globular vase without handles for holding perfumes

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἀλάβαστος; τοῦ ἀλαβάστου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἀλάβαστος
ho alábastos		 τὼ ἀλαβάστω
tṑ alabástō		 οἱ ἀλάβαστοι
hoi alábastoi
Genitive τοῦ ἀλαβάστου
toû alabástou		 τοῖν ἀλαβάστοιν
toîn alabástoin		 τῶν ἀλαβάστων
tôn alabástōn
Dative τῷ ἀλαβάστῳ
tôi alabástōi		 τοῖν ἀλαβάστοιν
toîn alabástoin		 τοῖς ἀλαβάστοις
toîs alabástois
Accusative τὸν ἀλάβαστον
tòn alábaston		 τὼ ἀλαβάστω
tṑ alabástō		 τοὺς ἀλαβάστους
toùs alabástous
Vocative ἀλάβαστε
alábaste		 ἀλαβάστω
alabástō		 ἀλάβαστοι
alábastoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἀλαβάστιον (alabástion)
  • ἀλαβαστρίνη (alabastrínē)
  • ἀλαβάστρινος (alabástrinos)
  • ἀλαβάστριον (alabástrion)
  • ἀλαβαστρίτης (alabastrítēs)
  • ἀλαβαστροειδής (alabastroeidḗs)
  • ἀλαβαστροφόρος (alabastrophóros)
  • ἀλαβαστρών (alabastrṓn)

Further reading
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