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.
- ἐκ τῆσ Βασανίτιδοσ ἐποίησαν τὰσ κώπασ σου, τὰ ἱερά σου ἐποίησαν ἐξ ἐλέφαντοσ, οἴκουσ ἀλσώδεισ ἀπὸ νήσων τῶν Χετιείμ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 27:6)
- λανθάνει γὰρ ἐν τῷ μεγέθει τῶν καλῶν τὸ λεχθὲν καὶ ἀμαυροῦται καὶ συναρπάζεται, καθάπερ εἰ λύχνον τισ εἰσ πυρκαϊὰν μεγάλην φέρων ἐμβάλλοι ἢ μύρμηκα ἐπ’ ἐλέφαντοσ ἢ καμήλου δεικνύοι. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 16:2)
- τὰ δ’ ἄλλα ποικίλοσ εἶ καὶ θορύβου πλέωσ τὴν ψυχήν, πρὸσ ἕκαστα τῶν πραττομένων ἐκπεπληγμένοσ, καὶ ἄρτι μὲν εὐδαιμονίζεισ τὸν πλούσιον τοῦ χρυσοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἐλέφαντοσ καὶ τῆσ τοσαύτησ τρυφῆσ, ἄρτι δὲ οἰκτείρεισ σεαυτόν, ὡσ τὸ μηδὲν ὢν εἶτα ζῆν ὑπολαμβάνεισ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 16:1)
- κἀκείνων γὰρ ἕκαστοσ ἔκτοσθεν μὲν Ποσειδῶν τισ ἢ Ζεύσ ἐστι πάγκαλοσ ἐκ χρυσίου καὶ ἐλέφαντοσ συνειργασμένοσ, κεραυνὸν ἢ ἀστραπὴν ἢ τρίαιναν ἔχων ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ, ἢν δὲ ὑποκύψασ ἴδῃσ τὰ γ’ ἔνδον, ὄψει μοχλούσ τινασ καὶ γόμφουσ καὶ ἥλουσ διαμπὰξ πεπερονημένουσ καὶ κορμοὺσ καὶ σφῆνασ καὶ πίτταν καὶ πηλὸν καὶ τοιαύτην τινὰ πολλὴν ἀμορφίαν ὑποικουροῦσαν· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 24:8)
- ἐγὼ δὲ ‐ ἤδη γάρ με προάξεται τἀληθὲσ εἰπεῖν ‐ οὐ θεαῖσ σε,^ ὦ βελτίστη, εἴκασα, τεχνιτῶν δὲ ἀγαθῶν δημιουργήμασιν λίθου καὶ χαλκοῦ ἢ ἐλέφαντοσ πεποιημένοισ· (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 23:4)
