Ebenus

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Ebenus sive ebanus lignum cuius interius nigrum solidum pulchrum aptum ocularibus medicinis et est nomen grecum arabice vero vocatur abnus.


Apparatus:

siue AC e | seu B | l’ f

interius C e | interius f | ĩterius A | interrius B

solidum (-dũ AC f) ABC f | sollidũ ms. e

pulchrũ AC f | pulcrũ B e

medicinis (-cĩs A f) AC ef | meis B

vero om. f

vocatur (-t~ A) AC | dicatur B | di~ f | uidetur ms. e


Translation:

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. s.v. èbano … (è 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 /abnūs/ "ebony".

Battisti, Carlo & Alessio, Giovanni (1968) "Dizionario Etimologico Italiano". Volume secondo, Ca-Fa. Firenze.

See also: Abnus

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