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ălăbaster , tri, m. (plur. also ălăba-stra , n.), = ἀλάβαστρος, plur. -ρα.
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,
II. The form of a rose-bud, pointed at the top: “in virides alabastros fastigato,Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.
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    • New Testament, Matthew, 26.7
    • New Testament, Luke, 7.37
    • New Testament, Mark, 14.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 13.19
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.14
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