elephantus
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;
nom. sg.
Examples
- C
Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...concidit; loca patefecit, itinera muniit, effecit, ut ea elephantus ornatus ire posset, qua antea unus homo inermis..." - T
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ordine, qua rupes abscisae erant, fiebant. solido procedebat elephantus in pontem; cuius priusquam in extremum cederet, succisis asseribus..."