Abnus

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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

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