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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 ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ θρόνον ἐλεφαντίνων ὀδόντων μέγαν καὶ κατεχρύσωσεν αὐτὸν χρυσίῳ δοκίμῳ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 9:15)
  • ὅτι ναῦσ τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐπορεύετο εἰσ Θαρσεῖσ μετὰ τῶν παίδων Χιράμ, ἅπαξ διὰ τριῶν ἐτῶν ἤρχετο πλοῖα ἐκ Θαρσεῖσ τῷ βασιλεῖ γέμοντα χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου καὶ ὀδόντων ἐλεφαντίνων καὶ πιθήκων. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 9:19)
  • σμύρνα καὶ στακτὴ καὶ κασσία ἀπὸ τῶν ἱματίων σου ἀπὸ βάρεων ἐλεφαντίνων, ἐξ ὧν εὔφρανάν σε. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 44:9)
  • οἱ καθεύδοντεσ ἐπὶ κλινῶν ἐλεφαντίνων καὶ κατασπαταλῶντεσ ἐπὶ ταῖσ στρωμναῖσ αὐτῶν καὶ ἔσθοντεσ ἐρίφουσ ἐκ ποιμνίων καὶ μοσχάρια ἐκ μέσου βουκολίων γαλαθηνά, (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 6:4)
  • νῦν δὲ πρότεροσ εἰπέ, ὡσ μάθω εἴτε διὰ τῶν ἐλεφαντίνων πυλῶν εἴτε διὰ τῶν κερατίνων σοι ὁ ὄνειροσ ἧκε πετόμενοσ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 6:9)

Synonyms

  1. ivory

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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