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Ebenus or ebanus is a wood whose interior part is black, solid and beautiful and suitable for eye medicines. And it is also the Greek word for it, but in Arabic it is abnus. | Ebenus or ebanus is a wood whose interior part is black, solid and beautiful and suitable for eye medicines. And it is also the Greek word for it, but in Arabic it is abnus. |
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Ebenus sive ebanus lignum cuius interius nigrum solidum pulchrum aptum ocularibus medicis et est nomen grecum arabice vero vocatur abnus.
Ebenus or ebanus is a wood whose interior part is black, solid and beautiful and suitable for eye medicines. And it is also the Greek word for it, but in Arabic it is abnus.
Commentary:
Latin (h)ebenus “the ebon-tree, ebony” is taken over from Greek ἔβενος/ ἕβενος /(h)ébenos/ id. The later form ebanus, according to Battisti/ Alessio, p.1407, is first recorded in the XIII century and is an Italian innovation: cf. èbano … (é mutuato dall’it.).); Simon is indeed a witness to the correctness of this statement. From Italy it gained wider currency in medieval Latin and was adopted by some Iberian languages, cf. Modern Spanish/Portuguese: ébano.
Wehr: ﺍﺑﻧﻮﺱ /ʔabnūs/ “ebony”.
Battisti, Carlo & Alessio, Giovanni (1968) “Dizionario Etimologico Italiano”. Volume secondo, Ca-Fa. Firenze.
See also: Abnus