elephantinus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]elephās, elephant- (“elephant”) + -īnus
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /e.le.pʰanˈtiː.nus/, [ɛɫ̪ɛpʰän̪ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.le.fanˈti.nus/, [elefän̪ˈt̪iːnus]
Adjective
[edit]elephantīnus (feminine elephantīna, neuter elephantīnum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | elephantīnus | elephantīna | elephantīnum | elephantīnī | elephantīnae | elephantīna | |
Genitive | elephantīnī | elephantīnae | elephantīnī | elephantīnōrum | elephantīnārum | elephantīnōrum | |
Dative | elephantīnō | elephantīnō | elephantīnīs | ||||
Accusative | elephantīnum | elephantīnam | elephantīnum | elephantīnōs | elephantīnās | elephantīna | |
Ablative | elephantīnō | elephantīnā | elephantīnō | elephantīnīs | |||
Vocative | elephantīne | elephantīna | elephantīnum | elephantīnī | elephantīnae | elephantīna |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: elephantine
- → French: éléphantin
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεφάντινος (elephántinos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /e.leˈpʰan.ti.nus/, [ɛɫ̪ɛˈpʰän̪t̪ɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.leˈfan.ti.nus/, [eleˈfän̪t̪inus]
Adjective
[edit]elephantinus (feminine elephantina, neuter elephantinum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) ivory; made of ivory
- Synonym: eburneus
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
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 |
References
[edit]- “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.