elephans
Dictionary entries
- Entry →elephans, elephantis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
elephant; ivory; large variety of lobster, large sea creature; elephantiasis;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ingentes amplexi uerbere tauros; nec tutus spatio est elephans: datis omnia leto, nec uobis opus est ad noxia..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...monstris Libycae sic belua terrae]sic Libycus densis elephans oppressus ab armisomne repercussum squalenti missile tergofrangit et haerentis..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...facile adigi posset, ornatusque ac loricatus cum esset elephans, quae pars corporis eius sine tegmine nuda relinqueretur..."