eburnum
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. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aere sinistrae subligat atque ensem collo suspendit eburnum. tum socios (namque omnis eum stipata tegebat turba ducum..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...vetusto more honos missusque e senatoribus qui scipionem eburnum, togam pictam, antiqua patrum munera, daret regemque et socium..."