elephantum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →elephantus, elephanti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
elephant; ivory; large variety of lobster, large sea creature; elephantiasis;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →elephans, elephantis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
elephant; ivory; large variety of lobster, large sea creature; elephantiasis;
gen. pl. - Entry →elephas, elephantis:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
elephant; ivory; large variety of lobster, large sea creature; elephantiasis;
gen. sg.
Examples
- T
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...scio. atque auditavi saepe hoc volgo dicier, solere elephantum gravidam perpetuos decem esse annos; eius ex semine haec..." - T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cape, signum nosce. nostin? Lyc. Quidni noverim? clupeatus elephantum ubi machaera dissicit. Cvrc. Quod istic scriptum..." - C
Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...servari vellet, `Ut acerrimum' inquit `leonem aut ferocissimum elephantum'. Nondum enim statuerat, conservaret eum necne. Veniebat autem..." - L
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...faucibus magister manum insertat, osculatur tigrim suus custos, elephantum minimus Aethiops iubet subsidere in genua et ambulare..." - T
Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...agebant; ne plus quinque milia armatorum haberet neue elephantum ullum; bellum extra Macedoniae fines ne iniussu senatus gereret..."
