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
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..."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..."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..."