elephantus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /e.leˈpʰan.tus/, [ɛɫ̪ɛˈpʰän̪t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.leˈfan.tus/, [eleˈfän̪t̪us]
Noun
[edit]elephantus m (genitive elephantī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | elephantus | elephantī |
| genitive | elephantī | elephantōrum |
| dative | elephantō | elephantīs |
| accusative | elephantum | elephantōs |
| ablative | elephantō | elephantīs |
| vocative | elephante | elephantī |
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See elephās.
References
[edit]- “elephantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “elephantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- elephantus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- elephantus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.