elephantus

Latin

Alternative forms

• elephas
• elephans

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.leˈpʰan.tus/, [ɛɫ̪ɛˈpʰän̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.leˈfan.tus/, [eleˈfän̪t̪us]

Noun

elephantus m (genitive elephantī); second declension

1. An elephant.
2. Ivory.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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’s 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.