eboreus

Latin

Etymology

ebur +‎ -eus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈbo.re.us/, [ɛˈbɔreʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈbo.re.us/, [eˈbɔːreus]

Adjective

eboreus (feminine eborea, neuter eboreum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) ivory

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	eboreus	eborea	eboreum		eboreī	eboreae	eborea
genitive	eboreī	eboreae	eboreī		eboreōrum	eboreārum	eboreōrum
dative	eboreō	eboreae	eboreō		eboreīs
accusative	eboreum	eboream	eboreum		eboreōs	eboreās	eborea
ablative	eboreō	eboreā	eboreō		eboreīs
vocative	eboree	eborea	eboreum		eboreī	eboreae	eborea

Descendants

• Italian: avorio
• Aragonese: vori
  • → Basque: boli
• Catalan: ivori, vori
• Occitan: evòri
• French: ivoire
  • → Dutch: ivoor
  • → English: ivory
    • → Welsh: ifori
  • → Romanian: ivoriu
• → Old Irish: ebur
  • Irish: eabhar

References

• “eboreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• eboreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.