ebur
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ebur Bȳzantīnum (a Byzantine ivory)
Latin
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Loan word, probably from Demotic yb (“ivory, Elephantine”), from Egyptian
(ꜣbw, “ivory, elephant, Elephantine”). Compare Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, “Elephantine”); also note Sanskrit इभ (íbha) and Tigre (ʔabot).
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In any case, probably cognate with the second half of Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈe.bur/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.bur/,
Noun
ebur n (genitive eboris); third declension
- ivory (material)
- a thing made of ivory.
- (figuratively) an elephant
- Synonyms: elephantus, elephās
Declension
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
References
- “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
Noun
ebur
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ebur. Cognates include Old English eofor, Old Norse jǫfurr.
Noun
ebur m
Declension
Declension of ebur (masculine a-stem)
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ebur | ebura |
| accusative | ebur | ebura |
| genitive | ebures | eburo |
| dative | ebure | eburum |
| instrumental | eburu | — |