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1 ἐλέφᾱς
ἐλέφᾱς, - αντοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `ivory, elefant-tooth' (Il.; cf. Treu Philol. 99, 149ff.), `elefant' (Hdt.), also as the name of a disease = ἐλεφαντίασις, s. Strömberg Theophrastea 193.Compounds: As 1. member in both meanings, ἐλεφαντό-πους `with ivory feet' (Pl. Com.), ἐλέφᾱς - μάχος `fighting elephants' (Str.).Derivatives: Diminut. ἐλεφαντίσκιον `young elephant' (Ael.); adj. ἐλεφάντινος `of ivory' (Alc., Att.), - ίνεος `id.' (inscr.; on the formation Chantr. Form. 203), ἐλεφάντ-ειος `belonging to an elephant' (Dsc., Opp.), - ώδης `elephant-like' (Mediz.), - ιωδής `suffering from eleph.' (medic.); subst. ἐλεφαντιστής `elephant-driver' (Arist.), also `shield from elephant-skin' (App.; example?), ἐλεφαντεύς `ivory-worker' (pap.). Denomin. ἐλεφαντ-ιάω `suffer from eleph.' (Phld., medic.) with - ίασις, also - ιασμός (EM); - όω `with ivory inlays' with - ωτός (nscr.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.Etymology: Like Lat. ebur ἐλέφας is a foreigm word. The final (except the ντ-suffix) recalls like Lat. eb-ur an Egypt. āb(u), Copt. εβ(ο)υ `elephant, ivory', Skt. íbha- `elephant'; the begin recurs in Hamit. eḷu `elephant' (from where through Egypt. [p- Art.] Pers. pīl, Arab. fīl); details remain unclear. - From ἐλέφας Lat. elephās, elephantus, from there the Germanic and Romance forms. W.-Hofmann s. ebur, Lokotsch Et. Wb. d. europ. Wörter orient. Ursprungs Nr. 605, Mayrhofer Wb. s. íbhaḥ2, Feist Vgl. Wb. d. got. Spr. s. ulbandus. - Wrong Kretschmer WienAkAnz. 1951: 21, 307ff.: to ἐλεφαίρομαι as "destroyer" (orig. connected with the Mammoth), s. Mayrhofer Stud. z. idg. Grundsprache 44f.Page in Frisk: 1,493-494Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἐλέφᾱς
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2 ἐλεφάντινος
ἐλεφάντινος, η, ον (ἐλέφας ‘ivory’; Alcaeus+; Epict. 2, 19, 26; SIG2 586: 47, 55, 75, 80; Sb 7181 B 12; LXX, Joseph.) pert. to being made of ivory, of ivory σκεῦος articles made of ivory Rv 18:12. Of a couch (cp. Appian, Liby. 32 §137, 4=a chair for a king; Bell. Civ. 2, 106 §442; Jos., Bell. 7, 126.—Ant. 8, 140 Solomon’s ivory throne) Hv 3, 1, 4.—BHHW I 393f. DELG s.v. ἐλέφας. M-M. -
3 ἐλεφάντινος
A of ivory, Alc.33.1, Ar. Eq. 1169, Pl. 815, al.; δίφρος ἐ.,= Lat. sella curulis, Plb.6.53.9 (pl.), al.; οἶκοι ἐ. LXXAm.3.15; τὸ ἐ. the substance of ivory, Pl.Hp.Ma. 290c.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐλεφάντινος
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4 'λεφαντίνων
ἐλεφαντίνων, ἐλεφάντινοςof ivory: fem gen plἐλεφαντίνων, ἐλεφάντινοςof ivory: masc /neut gen pl -
5 ελεφαντουργίας
ἐλεφαντουργίᾱς, ἐλεφαντουργίαivory-working: fem acc plἐλεφαντουργίᾱς, ἐλεφαντουργίαivory-working: fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) -
6 ἐλεφαντουργίας
ἐλεφαντουργίᾱς, ἐλεφαντουργίαivory-working: fem acc plἐλεφαντουργίᾱς, ἐλεφαντουργίαivory-working: fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) -
7 ελεφαντοφανείς
ἐλεφαντοφανήςlike ivory: masc /fem acc plἐλεφαντοφανήςlike ivory: masc /fem nom /voc pl (attic epic) -
8 ἐλεφαντοφανεῖς
ἐλεφαντοφανήςlike ivory: masc /fem acc plἐλεφαντοφανήςlike ivory: masc /fem nom /voc pl (attic epic) -
9 ελεφαντίνα
ἐλεφαντίνᾱ, ἐλεφάντινοςof ivory: fem nom /voc /acc dualἐλεφαντίνᾱ, ἐλεφάντινοςof ivory: fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic) -
10 ἐλεφαντίνα
ἐλεφαντίνᾱ, ἐλεφάντινοςof ivory: fem nom /voc /acc dualἐλεφαντίνᾱ, ἐλεφάντινοςof ivory: fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic) -
11 ελεφαντίνας
ἐλεφαντίνᾱς, ἐλεφάντινοςof ivory: fem acc plἐλεφαντίνᾱς, ἐλεφάντινοςof ivory: fem gen sg (doric aeolic) -
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ἐλεφαντίνᾱς, ἐλεφάντινοςof ivory: fem acc plἐλεφαντίνᾱς, ἐλεφάντινοςof ivory: fem gen sg (doric aeolic) -
13 ελεφαντίνη
ἐλεφάντινοςof ivory: fem nom /voc sg (attic epic ionic)——————ἐλεφάντινοςof ivory: fem dat sg (attic epic ionic) -
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15 ἐλεφαντίνων
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16 ελεφαντόδετον
ἐλεφαντόδετοςinlaid with ivory: masc /fem acc sgἐλεφαντόδετοςinlaid with ivory: neut nom /voc /acc sg -
17 ἐλεφαντόδετον
ἐλεφαντόδετοςinlaid with ivory: masc /fem acc sgἐλεφαντόδετοςinlaid with ivory: neut nom /voc /acc sg -
18 ελεφαντόκωπον
ἐλεφαντόκωποςivory-hilted: masc /fem acc sgἐλεφαντόκωποςivory-hilted: neut nom /voc /acc sg -
19 ἐλεφαντόκωπον
ἐλεφαντόκωποςivory-hilted: masc /fem acc sgἐλεφαντόκωποςivory-hilted: neut nom /voc /acc sg -
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