ἐλέφᾱς
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐλέφᾱς
ἐλέφαντος
Structure:
ἐλεφαντ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Declension
Third 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.
- καὶ εἰσέδυ ὑπὸ τὸν ἐλέφαντα καὶ ὑπέθεκεν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀνεῖλεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:46)
- ὅμωσ δ’ οὖν οἱ παριόντεσ εἰσ τὸν νεὼν οὔτε τὸν ἐξ Ἰνδῶν ἐλέφαντα ἔτι οἰόνται ὁρᾶν οὔτε τὸ ἐκ τῆσ Θρᾴκησ μεταλλευθὲν χρυσίον ἀλλ’ αὐτὸν τὸν Κρόνου καὶ Ῥέασ, εἰσ τὴν γῆν ὑπὸ Φειδίου μετῳκισμένον καὶ τὴν Πισαίων ἐρημίαν ἐπισκοπεῖν κεκελευσμένον, ἀγαπῶντα εἰ διὰ πέντε ὅλων ἐτῶν θύσει τισ αὐτῷ πάρεργον Ὀλυμπίων. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 11:3)
- ἡ δ’ ἀμοιβὴ οὐκ ἔπαινοσ τοῦ οἴκου μόνον ‐ τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ ἴσωσ ἐκείνῳ τῷ νησιώτῃ μειρακίῳ ἔπρεπε, τὴν Μενελάου οἰκίαν ὑπερεκπεπλῆχθαι καὶ πρὸσ τὰ ἐν οὐρανῷ καλὰ τὸν ἐλέφαντα καὶ τὸν χρυσὸν αὐτῆσ ἀπεικάζειν, ἅτε μηδὲν ἐν γῇ καλόν τι ἄλλο ἑωρακότι ‐ ‐ ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ εἰπεῖν ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ τοὺσ βελτίστουσ συγκαλέσαντα λόγων ἐπίδειξιν ποιήσασθαι μέροσ τοῦ ἐπαίνου καὶ τοῦτο γένοιτο ἄν. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 3:1)
- οὕτω δὲ ἰσχυρά ἐστιν, ὥσθ’ ὁπόταν τι δάκνῃ, τιτρώσκει οὐκ ἀνθρώπου δέρμα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ βοὸσ καὶ ἵππου, καὶ ἐλέφαντα λυπεῖ ἐσ τὰσ ῥυτίδασ αὐτοῦ παρεισδυομένη καὶ τῇ αὑτῆσ προνομαίᾳ κατὰ λόγον τοῦ μεγέθουσ ἀμύσσουσα. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 6:1)
- πολλὰ δ’ ἔτι ἔχων εἰπεῖν καταπαύσω τὸν λόγον, μὴ καὶ δόξω κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίασ ποιεῖν. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 12:2)
