Latin

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ebur Bȳzantīnum (a Byzantine ivory)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Loan word, probably from Demotic yb (ivory, Elephantine), from Egyptian
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(ꜣbw, ivory, elephant, Elephantine). Compare Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, Elephantine); also note Sanskrit इभ (íbha) and Tigre [script needed] (ʔabot).

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ebur n (genitive eboris); third declension

  1. ivory (material)
  2. a thing made of ivory.
  3. (figuratively) an elephant
    Synonyms: elephantus, elephās

Declension

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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

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References

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  • ĕbur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ebur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ĕbŭr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 568/3.
  • ebur”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, 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” on pages 583–4 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Meriam

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Noun

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ebur

  1. bird

Old High German

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ebur m

  1. boar

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Middle High German: ëber