English

Noun

alabastrum ‎(plural alabastra or alabastrums)

1. An alabastron, or ancient pottery container for oil.
2. (botany) A flower bud.

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Latin

Noun

alabastrum n ‎(genitive alabastrī); second declension

1. Alternative form of alabaster

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• ALABASTRUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• alabastrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• alabastrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin