elephantinus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === elephās, elephant- (“elephant”) +‎ -īnus ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.ɫɛ.pʰanˈtiː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.le.fanˈtiː.nus] ==== Adjective ==== elephantīnus (feminine elephantīna, neuter elephantīnum); first/second-declension adjective (relational) elephant; elephantine ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Catalan: elefantí → English: elephantine → French: éléphantin === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεφάντινος (elephántinos). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.ɫɛˈpʰan.tɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.leˈfan.ti.nus] ==== Adjective ==== elephantinus (feminine elephantina, neuter elephantinum); first/second-declension adjective (relational) ivory; made of ivory Synonym: eburneus ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “elephantinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “elephantinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.