Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

ebur +‎ -eus

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

eburneus (feminine eburnea, neuter eburneum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of ivory
  2. white as ivory

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative eburneus eburnea eburneum eburneī eburneae eburnea
Genitive eburneī eburneae eburneī eburneōrum eburneārum eburneōrum
Dative eburneō eburneō eburneīs
Accusative eburneum eburneam eburneum eburneōs eburneās eburnea
Ablative eburneō eburneā eburneō eburneīs
Vocative eburnee eburnea eburneum eburneī eburneae eburnea

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: eburni
  • French: éburnéen
  • Galician: ebúrneo
  • Italian: eburneo
  • Portuguese: ebúrneo
  • Spanish: ebúrneo

See also edit

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References edit

  • eburneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • eburneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • eburneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.