ebur

Latin

ebur Bȳzantīnum (a Byzantine ivory)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Loan word, probably from Demotic yb (ivory, Elephantine), from Egyptian
(ꜣbw, ivory, elephant, Elephantine). Compare Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, Elephantine); also note Sanskrit इभ (íbha) and Tigre [script needed] (ʔabot).

In any case, probably cognate with the second half of Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, elephant)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.bur/, [ˈɛ.bʊr]
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Noun

ebur n (genitive eboris); third declension

  1. ivory (material)
  2. a thing made of ivory.
  3. (figuratively) an elephant

Declension

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ebur ebora
Genitive eboris eborum
Dative eborī eboribus
Accusative ebur ebora
Ablative ebore eboribus
Vocative ebur ebora

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Descendants

References

  • ĕbur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ebur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ĕbŭr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 568/3
  • ebur in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ebur in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • ebur” on pages 583–4 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Meriam

Noun

ebur

  1. bird

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *eburaz. Cognates include Old English eofor, Old Norse jǫfurr.

Noun

ebur m

  1. boar

Declension

Descendants

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