ἐλεφάντινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”) +‎ -ινος (-inos, “-ine”).

Compare Mycenaean Greek [script needed] (e-re-pa-te-o, “made of ivory”), [script needed] (e-re-pa-te-jo) formed with -εῖος (-eîos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰán.ti.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.lɛˈpʰan.ti.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.leˈɸan.ti.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.leˈfan.ti.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.leˈfan.di.nos/

Adjective

ἐλεφάντινος • (elephántinos) m (feminine ἐλεφαντίνη, neuter ἐλεφάντινον); first/second declension

ivory (attributive); made of ivory

Declension

First and second declension of ἐλεφάντινος; ἐλεφαντίνη; ἐλεφάντινον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐλεφάντινος elephántinos	ἐλεφαντίνη elephantínē	ἐλεφάντινον elephántinon	ἐλεφαντίνω elephantínō	ἐλεφαντίνᾱ elephantínā	ἐλεφαντίνω elephantínō	ἐλεφάντινοι elephántinoi	ἐλεφάντιναι elephántinai	ἐλεφάντινᾰ elephántina
Genitive	ἐλεφαντίνου elephantínou	ἐλεφαντίνης elephantínēs	ἐλεφαντίνου elephantínou	ἐλεφαντίνοιν elephantínoin	ἐλεφαντίναιν elephantínain	ἐλεφαντίνοιν elephantínoin	ἐλεφαντίνων elephantínōn	ἐλεφαντίνων elephantínōn	ἐλεφαντίνων elephantínōn
Dative	ἐλεφαντίνῳ elephantínōi	ἐλεφαντίνῃ elephantínēi	ἐλεφαντίνῳ elephantínōi	ἐλεφαντίνοιν elephantínoin	ἐλεφαντίναιν elephantínain	ἐλεφαντίνοιν elephantínoin	ἐλεφαντίνοις elephantínois	ἐλεφαντίναις elephantínais	ἐλεφαντίνοις elephantínois
Accusative	ἐλεφάντινον elephántinon	ἐλεφαντίνην elephantínēn	ἐλεφάντινον elephántinon	ἐλεφαντίνω elephantínō	ἐλεφαντίνᾱ elephantínā	ἐλεφαντίνω elephantínō	ἐλεφαντίνους elephantínous	ἐλεφαντίνᾱς elephantínās	ἐλεφάντινᾰ elephántina
Vocative	ἐλεφάντινε elephántine	ἐλεφαντίνη elephantínē	ἐλεφάντινον elephántinon	ἐλεφαντίνω elephantínō	ἐλεφαντίνᾱ elephantínā	ἐλεφαντίνω elephantínō	ἐλεφάντινοι elephántinoi	ἐλεφάντιναι elephántinai	ἐλεφάντινᾰ elephántina
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐλεφαντίνως elephantínōs			ἐλεφαντινότερος elephantinóteros			ἐλεφαντινότᾰτος elephantinótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.