Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

elephantus m (genitive elephantī); second declension

  1. An elephant.
  2. Ivory.

Declension edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

See elephās.

References edit

  • 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.