eboreus

eboreus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-
Egyptian ꜣbw
Demotic Egyptian ybbor.
Latin ebur
Latin -eus
Latin eboreus

    From ebur + -eus.

    Pronunciation

    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
    • Catalan: ivori, vori
    • Occitan: evòri
    • French: ivoire
    • → Old Irish: ebur

    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.
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