elephantinus

Latin

Etymology 1

elephās, elephant- (“elephant”) +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰanˈtiː.nus/, [ɛɫ̪ɛpʰän̪ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.le.fanˈti.nus/, [elefän̪ˈt̪iːnus]

Adjective

elephantīnus (feminine elephantīna, neuter elephantīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) elephant; elephantine

Declension

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

• elephantiacus
• elephantiasis
• Elephantīne

• elephantus
• elephās, elephāns

Descendants

• → English: elephantine
• → French: éléphantin

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεφάντινος (elephántinos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.leˈpʰan.ti.nus/, [ɛɫ̪ɛˈpʰän̪t̪ɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.leˈfan.ti.nus/, [eleˈfän̪t̪inus]

Adjective

elephantinus (feminine elephantina, neuter elephantinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) ivory; made of ivory

   Synonym: eburneus

Declension

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

• “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.