ebur

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ebor (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === In any case, probably cognate with the second half of Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.bʊr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.bur] === Noun === ebur n (genitive eboris); third declension ivory (material) a thing made of ivory. (figuratively) an elephant Synonyms: elephantus, elephās ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “ĕbur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ebur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ĕbŭr”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 568/3. “ebur”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “ebur”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin “ebur” on pages 583–4 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) == Meriam == === Noun === ebur bird == Old High German == === Alternative forms === epur, ebar, epar, eber, eper, æber === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *ebur. Cognates include Old English eofor, Old Norse jǫfurr. === Noun === ebur m boar ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: ëber, (12th-13th C., Franconian) ever ⇒ Middle High German: eberswīn, eberwurze, eberzant German: Eber Hunsrik: Ewert