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− | arabice AC | arab’ e | aŕ. | + | arabice AC | arab’ e | aŕ. BH | aut f |
− | ebanus (-an''us'' B) | + | ebanus (-an''us'' B) ABCH | ebenus (-en''us'' f) ef |
− | notum (-tuʒ e;-tũ B) ABC e | et est notum f | + | notum (-tuʒ e;-tũ B) ABC e | et est notum f | notum est H |
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Abnus arabice ebanus arbor cuius lignum est interius nigrum extra vero subalbidum notum.
Apparatus:
arabice AC | arab’ e | aŕ. BH | aut f
ebanus (-anus B) ABCH | ebenus (-enus f) ef
notum (-tuʒ e;-tũ B) ABC e | et est notum f | notum est H
Translation:
Abnus is Arabic for the ebanus {"ebony"} tree whose wood is black on the inside and whitish on the outside.
Commentary:
Cf. Wehr: ﺍﺑﻧﻮﺱ /abnūs/ "ebony".
More traditional Latin has (h)ebenus "the ebon-tree, ebony", a word taken over from Greek ἔβενος/ ἕβενος /(h)ébenos/ id.
The Arabic word abnūs is itself a loan from the Greek word ébenos, but abnūs did supply the basis for some early loans in e.g. Povençal avenutz, Catalan banús and older Spanish/Portuguese abenuz.
See also: Ebenus