elephantus

Latin

Alternative forms

• elephas
• elephans

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-

Egyptian ꜣbwbor.?

Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas)bor.

Latin elephantus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛ.ɫɛˈpʰan.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.leˈfan.tus]

Noun

elephantus m (genitive elephantī); second declension

1. An elephant.
2. Ivory.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	elephantus	elephantī
genitive	elephantī	elephantōrum
dative	elephantō	elephantīs
accusative	elephantum	elephantōs
ablative	elephantō	elephantīs
vocative	elephante	elephantī

Synonyms

• (elephant): elephāns, barrus, Lūca bōs
• (ivory): ebur

Descendants

See elephās.

References

• “elephantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “elephantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "elephantus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “elephantus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.