eburnas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →eburnus, eburna, eburnum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
made of ivory; decorated with/made partially out of ivory; white as ivory;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...saucius Arcadas aras malit adire Pelops Eleaque pulset eburna templa manu, nec Castaliis altaribus anguis, nec sua pinigero..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fecerat arte Lycaon Cnosius atque habilem vagina aptarat eburna. dat Niso Mnestheus pellem horrentisque leonis exuvias, galeam fidus..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...natum Anchises unaque Sibyllam prosequitur dictis portaque emittit eburna, ille viam secat ad navis sociosque revisit..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ausus "eburnea virgo" dicere, Pygmalion "similis mea" dixit "eburnae." sensit, ut ipsa suis aderat Venus aurea festis, vota..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ambo deprensi amplexibus haerent. Lemnius extemplo valvas patefecit eburnas inmisitque deos; illi iacuere ligati turpiter, atque aliquis..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...locis superque eas querceae coronae statuerentur; ludos circensis eburna effigies praeiret neve quis flamen aut augur in locum..."