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Ălăbanda, ōrum, n. and ae, f., a city in the interior of Caria, distinguished for its wealth and luxury, founded by Alabandus, who was honored by the inhabitants as a deity; now Arab-Hissar; plur. form, Cic. N. D. 3, 15; 3, 19; Liv. 33, 18; 38, 13; Juv. 3, 70; sing. form, Plin. Ep. 5, 29.
Hence, Ălăbandenses, Cic. N. D. 3, 19; Liv. 38, 13; or Ălăbandēni, the inhabitants of Alabanda, Liv. 45, 25.—Ălăbandeus (four syll.), a, um, adj., of Alabanda: Hierocles, Cic. Brut. 95; Vitr. 7, 5.—Ălă-bandĭcus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Alabanda, Plin. 19, 9, 56, § 174; 21, 4, 10, § 16 al.
Also, Ălăbandĭnus, a, um: gemma, a precious stone, named after Alabanda, Isid. Orig. 16, 13.

ălăbarches and ălăbarchĭa, ae, v. arabarches, arabarchia.

† ălăbaster, tri, m. (plur. also ălăba-stra, n.), = ἀλάβαστρος, plur. -ρα.

  1. 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: 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. II. The form of a rose-bud, pointed at the top: in virides alabastros fastigato, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.

† ălăbastrītes, ae, m., = ἀλαβαστρίτης.

  1. I. A stone, composed of carbonate of lime (not of gypsum, like the modern alabaster), alabaster-stone; also called onyx and onychites, from which unguent and perfume boxes were made, Plin. 36, 8, 12, § 60.
  2. II. A precious stone found in the region of the Egyptian town Alabastron, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 143.

Ălăbastron oppidum (Ἀλαβαστρῶν πόλις, Ptol.), a city of Egypt in the Thebais, Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 61.

† ălăbēta, ae, m., = ἀλαβής, a fish found in the Nile: Silurus anguillaris, Linn.; Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51.

Ălăbis, is, m., a river in Sicily, Sil. 14, 228.

ărăbarches (this is the proper form, not ălăbarches; cf. Haeckermann in Jahn’s Neue Jahrbb. 1849, 15, supplem., pp. 450-566; very likely some said alabarches and alabarchia, because of the foll. r, to avoid two rs), ae, m., = ἀραβάρχης, an officer of customs in Egypt, Juv. 1, 130 Jahn, Hermann.
Sarcastically of Pompey, because he boasted that he had augmented the taxes so much: velim ex Theophane expiscere, quonam in me animo sit Arabarches, Cic. Att. 2, 17, 3.

ărăbarchīa (not ălăb-; v. arabarches), ae, f., a kind of customs in Egypt, Cod. Just. 4, 61, 9.