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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

  • ὁ τράχηλόσ σου ὡσ πύργοσ ἐλεφάντινοσ. οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὡσ λίμναι ἐν Ἐσεβών, ἐν πύλαισ θυγατρὸσ πολλῶν. μυκτήρ σου ὡσ πύργοσ τοῦ Λιβάνου σκοπεύων πρόσωπον Δαμασκοῦ. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 7:5)
  • ἡ γὰρ Σάμοσ εὐθὺσ καὶ τὸ Πολυκράτουσ πάθοσ καὶ τῆσ θυγατρὸσ αὐτοῦ μέχρι Περσῶν πλάνη, καὶ τὰ ἔτι ἀρχαιότερα, ἡ τοῦ Ταντάλου φλυαρία καὶ ἡ παρ’ αὐτῷ θεῶν ἑστίασισ καὶ ἡ Πέλοποσ κρεουργία καὶ ὁ ἐλεφάντινοσ ὦμοσ αὐτοῦ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 54:2)
  • ὁ δ’ ἰπνὸσ γέγον’ ἡμῖν ἐξαπίνησ ἐλεφάντινοσ. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode9)
  • ὁ δ’ ἰπνὸσ γέγον’ ἡμῖν ἐξαπίνησ ἐλεφάντινοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 1434)

Synonyms

  1. ivory

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