eboreas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →eboreus, eborea, eboreum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
ivory-, made of ivory; pertaining to/derived from ivory;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...videas, esse negabis avem. LXXVII Cavea eborea. Si tibi talis erit, qualem dilecta Catullo Lesbia plorabat, hic habitare..."- M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sane fictio: ut Chrysippus, cum in triumpho Caesaris eborea oppida essent tralata et post dies paucos Fabi Maximi..."