eburni
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;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
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Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...geminos discurrit candida postes, 355legitimaeque faces, gradibusque adclinis eburnis stat torus et picto uestes discriminat auro, turritaque premens..." - D
Satura XIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...quos littera gemmaque princeps sardonychum, loculis quae custoditur eburnis, ten, o delicias, extra communia censes ponendum, quia..." 
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...pulvinar acantho texitur et signis crescit torus asper eburnis. pacatus mitisque veni nec turbidus ira nec famulare timens..."- P
Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...illa, fave. At cum pompa frequens caelestibus ibit eburnis, Tu Veneri dominae plaude favente manu; Utque..."
