eboreus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈbo.re.us/, [ɛˈbɔreʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈbo.re.us/, [eˈbɔːreus]
Adjective edit
eboreus (feminine eborea, neuter eboreum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | eboreus | eborea | eboreum | eboreī | eboreae | eborea | |
Genitive | eboreī | eboreae | eboreī | eboreōrum | eboreārum | eboreōrum | |
Dative | eboreō | eboreō | eboreīs | ||||
Accusative | eboreum | eboream | eboreum | eboreōs | eboreās | eborea | |
Ablative | eboreō | eboreā | eboreō | eboreīs | |||
Vocative | eboree | eborea | eboreum | eboreī | eboreae | eborea |
Descendants edit
- Italian: avorio
- Aragonese: vori
- → Basque: boli
- Catalan: ivori, vori
- Occitan: evòri
- French: ivoire
- → Old Irish: ebur
- Irish: eabhar
References edit
- “eboreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- eboreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.