ebor

Latin

Etymology

Back-formation from oblique forms.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.bor/, [ˈɛbɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.bor/, [ˈɛːbor]

Noun

ebor n (genitive eboris); third declension

1. medieval spelling of ebur

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ebor	ebora
Genitive	eboris	eborum
Dative	eborī	eboribus
Accusative	ebor	ebora
Ablative	ebore	eboribus
Vocative	ebor	ebora

References

• ebor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “ebor”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 363/1