elephas

== Latin == === Alternative forms === elephāns, elephantus === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), possibly borrowed from Egyptian ꜣbw === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.ɫɛ.pʰaːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.le.fas] === Noun === elephās m (genitive elephantis); third declension elephant elephantiasis ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (elephant): barrus, elephāns, Lūca bōs (elephantiasis): elephantiasis, elephantia, elephanticus morbus ==== Descendants ==== Descendants derived from elephās, elephantus and elephāns all listed here. Corsican: elefante Emilian: elefànt Italian: elefante Ladin: elefant Ligurian: liofante Lombard: elefant Old Navarro-Aragonese: Aragonese: elefant, alifant Neapolitan: liufante, alifante Old Leonese: Asturian: elefante Mirandese: eilefante Old Occitan: elephant Catalan: elefant Occitan: elefant Old Galician-Portuguese: elefanteFala: elefantiGalician: elefante, alefantePortuguese: elefante, elephante, elephãte (obsolete)Papiamentu: elefante Rhaeto-Romance: Friulian: elefant Romansch: elefant Piedmontese: elefant Sardinian: elefante, elefanti Sicilian: liafanti Vulgar Latin: *olifantus Old French: olifan, elefant, olifant, oliphantMiddle French: olifantFrench: olifant→ Catalan: olifant→ Finnish: olifantti→ Norwegian: olifant→ Portuguese: olifanteWalloon: elefant→ Breton: olifant→ Middle Dutch: olifantDutch: olifantAfrikaans: olifant→ Papiamentu: olefante, olifant→ Middle English: olifant, olifaunt, oliphant, oliphaunt, olyphant (from olifan, olifant form)English: oliphant, olifant, olyfaunte, olyphant, oliphaunt→ Cornish: olifans→ Middle English: elefant, elefaunt (from elefan, elefant form)English: elephant→ Hawaiian: ʻelepani→ Māori: arewhana→ Tokelauan: elefane→ Tongan: ʻelefanite→ Welsh: eliffantScots: elephant→ Manx: elefant→ Middle Irish: elifaintIrish: eilifintScottish Gaelic: ailbhean→ Old Spanish: elifant, alefant, eleofantLadino: איליפ׳אנטי (elefante)Spanish: elefante→ Basque: elefante→ Chol: elefanti→ Cebuano: elepante→ Hiligaynon: elepante→ Quechua: ilijanti→ Tagalog: elepante→ Waray-Waray: elepante → Albanian: elefant → Proto-Germanic: *ulbanduz (“camel”) (see there for further descendants) → Proto-West Germanic: *elpand (“elephant; ivory”) (see there for further descendants) → Middle French: elephantFrench: éléphantHaitian Creole: elefanLouisiana Creole: léléfan, néléfan→ Romanian: elefant→ Irish: eilifint→ Norman: êléphant, éléphant → Chukchi: эʼԓыпын (ėʼḷypyn) → Danish: elefant → Estonian: elevant → Finnish: elefantti → Hungarian: elefánt → Malagasy: elefanta → Mezquital Otomi: elefante → Mukulu: 'elbi ? → Northern Sami: elefánta → Norwegian: elefant → Samoan: 'elefane → Scottish Gaelic: ailbhean → Upper Sorbian: elefant → Swedish: elefant → Tagalog: elepante → Võro: elevant' → West Frisian: oaljefant → Latvian: elefants → Faroese: elefantur → Low German: Elefant → Chamorro: elifante → Inuktitut: alipa → Limburgish: Olifante → Tuvaluan: elefane → Quechua: eliphanti → Latgalian: elefants → Silesian: elefant === See also === elephāns elephantus === References === "elephas", 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) “elephas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “elephas”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “elephas”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin