elephantus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) 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.
Case | 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.