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ἐλεφάντινος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλεφάντινος ἐλεφαντίνη ἐλεφάντινον

Structure: ἐλεφαντιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)le/fas

Sense

  1. ivory (attributive); made of ivory

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἠκολούθουν δὲ τοῖσ ἀγωνισταῖσ ὀρχηστῶν χοροὶ πολλοὶ τριχῇ νενεμημένοι, πρῶτοι μὲν ἀνδρῶν, δεύτεροι δ’ ἀγενείων, τελευταῖοι δὲ παίδων, οἷσ παρηκολούθουν αὐληταί τ’ ἀρχαϊκοῖσ ἐμφυσῶντεσ αὐλίσκοισ βραχέσιν, ὡσ καὶ εἰσ τόδε χρόνου γίνεται, καὶ κιθαρισταὶ λύρασ ἑπταχόρδουσ ἐλεφαντίνασ καὶ τὰ καλούμενα βάρβιτα κρέκοντεσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 72 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. ivory

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