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elephantinus
elephantinus
Latin
Adjective
elephantinus m (feminine elephantina, neuter elephantinum); first/second declension
- elephant (attributive); elephantine
- ivory; made of ivory
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | elephantinus | elephantina | elephantinum | elephantinī | elephantinae | elephantina | |
| genitive | elephantinī | elephantinae | elephantinī | elephantinōrum | elephantinārum | elephantinōrum | |
| dative | elephantinō | elephantinō | elephantinīs | ||||
| accusative | elephantinum | elephantinam | elephantinum | elephantinōs | elephantinās | elephantina | |
| ablative | elephantinō | elephantinā | elephantinō | elephantinīs | |||
| vocative | elephantine | elephantina | elephantinum | elephantinī | elephantinae | elephantina | |
Synonyms
- (made of ivory): eburneus
Related terms
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Descendants
- English: elephantine (borrowed)
- French: éléphantin (borrowed)
References
- elephantinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “elephantinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.