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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

  • "καὶ τελευταῖαι ἐπεισῆλθον ἐπιδόρπιαι τράπεζαι, τραγήματὰ τ’ ἐν πλεκτοῖσ ἐλεφαντίνοισ ἐπεδόθη πᾶσι καὶ πλακοῦντεσ ἕκαστα γένη, Κρητικῶν καὶ τῶν σῶν, ἑταῖρε Λυγκεῦ, Σαμιακῶν καὶ Ἀττικῶν αὐταῖσ ταῖσ ἰδίαισ τῶν πεμμάτων θήκαισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 2 3:25)
  • ἀναθήμασί τε γὰρ πολλοῖσ καὶ μεγάλοισ ἀργυροῖσ καὶ χρυσοῖσ, ἔτι δ’ ἐλεφαντίνοισ, καὶ κολοττικῶν ἀνδριάντων πλήθει, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ κατασκευαῖσ μονολίθων ὀβελίσκων μηδεμίαν τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον οὕτω κεκοσμῆσθαι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 46 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. ivory

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