elephantus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === elephas elephans === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.ɫɛˈpʰan.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.leˈfan.tus] === Noun === elephantus m (genitive elephantī); second declension An elephant. Ivory. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (elephant): elephāns, barrus, Lūca bōs (ivory): ebur ==== Descendants ==== See elephās. === References === “elephantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “elephantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "elephantus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “elephantus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.