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
- P
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..." - P
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..."