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..."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..."