ebur

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Loan word, probably from Demotic Egyptian yb (ivory, Elephantine), from Egyptian
    (ꜣbw, ivory, elephant, Elephantine). Compare Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, Elephantine); also note Sanskrit इभ (íbha) and Tigre ኣቦት (ʾabot).

    In any case, probably cognate with the second half of Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, elephant)

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ebur n (genitive eboris); third declension

    1. ivory (material)
    2. a thing made of ivory.
    3. (figuratively) an elephant
      Synonyms: elephantus, elephās

    Declension

    Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative ebur ebora
    genitive eboris eborum
    dative eborī eboribus
    accusative ebur ebora
    ablative ebore eboribus
    vocative ebur ebora

    Derived terms

    References

    • ĕbur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • ebur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • ĕbŭr”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 568/3.
    • ebur”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • ebur”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
    • ebur” on pages 583–4 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

    Meriam

    Noun

    ebur

    1. bird

    Old High German

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *ebur. Cognates include Old English eofor, Old Norse jǫfurr.

    Noun

    ebur m

    1. boar

    Declension

    Declension of ebur (masculine a-stem)
    case singular plural
    nominative ebur eburā, ebura
    accusative ebur eburā, ebura
    genitive ebures eburo
    dative ebure eburum
    instrumental eburu

    Derived terms

    • eburspioz m
    • eburswurz f
    • eburwurz f
    • eburīn (adjective)

    Descendants

    • Middle High German: ëber, (12th-13th C., Franconian) ever
      • Middle High German: eberswīn, eberwurze, eberzant
      • German: Eber
      • Hunsrik: Ewert