eboreus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈbɔ.re.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈbɔː.re.us]
Adjective
eboreus (feminine eborea, neuter eboreum); first/second-declension adjective
- (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
- → 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.