ebur

Latin

ebur bȳzantīnum ― a Byzantine ivory

Alternative forms

• ebor (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

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Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-

Egyptian ꜣbw

Demotic Egyptian ybbor.?

Latin ebur

Loan word, probably from Demotic Egyptian yb (“ivory, Elephantine”), from Egyptian (ꜣbw, “ivory, elephant, Elephantine”). Compare Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, “Elephantine”); also note Sanskrit इभ (ibha) and Tigre ኣቦት (ʾabot).

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.bʊr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.bur]
• Hyphenation: e‧bur

Noun

ebur n (genitive eboris); third declension

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

   Synonyms: elephantus, elephās

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	ebur	ebora
genitive	eboris	eborum
dative	eborī	eboribus
accusative	ebur	ebora
ablative	ebore	eboribus
vocative	ebur	ebora

Derived terms

• eborārius
• eboreus
• eburātus
• eburneus

References

• “ĕbur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ebur in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 2327–2328
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “ebur”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• “ĕbŭr”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 568, column 3.
• Harm Pinkster, editor (2018), “ebur”, in Woordenboek Latijn/Nederlands‎^[2], 7th revised edition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Latino-Sinicum [ = 象牙 (xiàngyá)], in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• Lana-Michelone, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ebur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 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”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Further reading

• “ebur” on pages 583–584 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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Noun

ebur

1. bird

Old High German

ebur

Alternative forms

• epur, ebar, epar, eber, eper, æber

Etymology

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

Noun

ebur m

1. boar

Declension

Declension of ebur (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ebur	eburā, ebura
accusative	ebur	eburā, ebura
genitive	ebures	eburo
dative	ebure	eburum
instrumental	eburu	—

Derived terms

• eburspioz m
• eburswurz f
• eburwurz f
• eburīn (adjective)

Descendants

• Middle High German: ëber, (12th-13th C., Franconian) ever
  • ⇒ Middle High German: eberswīn, eberwurze, eberzant
  • German: Eber
  • Hunsrik: Ewert