elephantinus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e.leˈpʰan.ti.nus/, [ɛ.ɫɛˈpʰan.tɪ.nʊs]
Adjective
elephantinus (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 | elephantinae | elephantinō | elephantinīs | elephantinīs | elephantinīs | |
| Accusative | elephantinum | elephantinam | elephantinum | elephantinōs | elephantinās | elephantina | |
| Ablative | elephantinō | elephantinā | elephantinō | elephantinīs | elephantinīs | elephantinīs | |
| Vocative | elephantine | elephantina | elephantinum | elephantinī | elephantinae | elephantina | |
Synonyms
- (made of ivory): eburneus
Related terms
- elephantiacus
- elephantiasis
- Elephantīne
Descendants
- English: elephantine (borrowed)
- French: éléphantin (borrowed)
References
- elephantinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- elephantinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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