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1 alabaster
ălăbaster, tri, m. (plur. also ălăba-stra, n.), = alabastros, plur. -ra.I.A box or casket for perfumes, tapering to a point at the top, a box for unguents: alabaster plenus unguenti, * Cic. Ac. Post. ap. Non. 545, 15:II.mulier habens alabastrum unguenti,
Vulg. Matt. 26, 7; ib. Marc. 14, 3; ib. Luc. 7, 37:redolent alabastra,
Mart. 11, 8, 9; Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19.—Hence, -
2 alabastra
ălăbaster, tri, m. (plur. also ălăba-stra, n.), = alabastros, plur. -ra.I.A box or casket for perfumes, tapering to a point at the top, a box for unguents: alabaster plenus unguenti, * Cic. Ac. Post. ap. Non. 545, 15:II.mulier habens alabastrum unguenti,
Vulg. Matt. 26, 7; ib. Marc. 14, 3; ib. Luc. 7, 37:redolent alabastra,
Mart. 11, 8, 9; Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19.—Hence,
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