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
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...scio. atque auditavi saepe hoc volgo dicier, solere elephantum gravidam perpetuos decem esse annos; eius ex semine haec..."Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cape, signum nosce. nostin? Lyc. Quidni noverim? clupeatus elephantum ubi machaera dissicit. Cvrc. Quod istic scriptum..."Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...servari vellet, `Ut acerrimum' inquit `leonem aut ferocissimum elephantum'. Nondum enim statuerat, conservaret eum necne. Veniebat autem..."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..."Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...agebant; ne plus quinque milia armatorum haberet neue elephantum ullum; bellum extra Macedoniae fines ne iniussu senatus gereret..."
