ἔβενος,ἡ(ὁin BCH 35.286 (Delos,ii B. C.)),
A. ebony, Hdt. 3.97 , Theoc. 15.123 :—being the black heart-wood of various species of Diospyrus, ἐ. Αἰθιοπική,= D. mespiliformis,ἐ. Ἰνδική,= D. Ebenum, Dsc. 1.98 , cf. Arist. Mete. 384b17 , Thphr. HP 1.5.4 (butἐβένη,ἡ , ib. 4.4.6 ). (Prob. an Egyptian word.)