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ἐλέφας

elephas

ivory, elephant tusk

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What it meant

1. ἐλέφᾶς · elephas — Beekes

ἐλέφᾶς, -avtos [m.] ‘ivory, elephant tusk’ (II), ‘elephant’ (Hdt.), also as the name of a disease = ἐλεφαντίασις, see Stromberg 1937: 193. < LW Ἐν.» DIAL Myk. e-re- pa, e-re-pa-to, e-re-pa-te /elep*ans/, etc. eCOMP As a first member in both mgs., ἐλεφαντό-πους ‘with ivory feet’ (Pl. Com.), ~ -μάχος ‘fighting elephants’ (Str.). eDER Diminutive ἐλεφαντίσκιον ‘young elephant’ (Ael.); adjectives ἐλεφάντινος ‘of ivory’ … — [Beekes, s.v. ἐλέφᾶς, p. 456]

2. ἐλέφας · elephas — Chantraine

ἐλέφας, σαντος : m. «ivoire, défense d'’éléphant » (Hom., ion.-att., etc.), «éléphant» (Hdt., Arist., etc.) ; nom de maladie — ἐλεφαντίᾶσις, cf. Strümberg, Theophrastea 193. Myc. erepa, gén. -fo, dat. -fe «ivoire » avec erepatejo — ἐλεφάντειος, cf. Chadwick-Baumbach 190. Il existe d'assez nombreux composés qui se rapportent soit à l'emploi au sens d'« éléphant », cf. ἐλεφαντο-θήρας, «μάχος, etc. ; soit, et plus … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἐλέφας, p. 352]

3. ἐλέφᾶς · elephas — Frisk

ἐλέφᾶς, -avros m. "Elfenbein, Elefantenzahn’ (seit Il.; vgl. Treu Philol. 99, 149ff.), “Elefant” (Hdt., Arist. usw.), auch als Name einer Krankheit — ἐλεφαντίασις, s. Strömberg Theophrastea 193. Myk. e-re-pa, -to, -te usw. Als Vorderglied in beiden Bedeutungen, z.B. ἐλεφαντύ-πους "mit elfenbeinernen Füßen’ (Pl. Kom. u. a.), > -udxos "gegen Elefanten kämpfend’ (Str. u.a.). — Ableitungen: Deminutivum ἐλεφαντίσκιον … — [Frisk, s.v. ἐλέφᾶς, p. 525]

4. ἐλέφας · elephas — Frisk

ἐλέφας. Davon schon myk. auch e-re-pa-te-jo = ἐλεφάντειος. --- Neuer Vorschlag von Laroche Rev. de phil. 3. ser. 39 (1965) 56ff.: zu heth. Zahpa- “Elephanten(zahn), Elfenbein’, das seinerseits entlehnt sein dürfte; zustimmend E. Masson Recherches 80ff. m. ausführlicher Behandlung. — Vgl. noch Hemmerdinger Glotta 48 (1970) 52. — [Frisk, s.v. ἐλέφας, p. 2212]

5. ἐλέφας · elephas — LSJ

elephant, elephant

elephant, first mentioned by Hdt. as a native of Africa, 3.114, 4.191; ἐλέφαντος ὀδόντες Id. 3.97; of the Indian elephant, first in Arist. Cael. 298a13, HA 610a15, cf. Paus. 1.12.4.

II elephantʼs tusk, ivory

in Hom. only of elephantʼs tusk, ivory, Il. 5.583, cf. Hes. Sc. 141, Pi. O. 1.27, Pl. R. 373a, GDI 5500, etc.: Aeol. ἐλέφαις Sapph. 44.10 L.-P..

III

= ἐλεφαντίασις, Aret. SD 2.13, IG 3.1423, Gal. 15.331.

IV precious stone

a precious stone, Thphr. Lap. 37.

V cup

a kind of cup, Damox. 1.1.

VI

= ἐλεφάντωσις, Apul. Herb. 36.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἐλέφας (scan pp. 456-457; entry #2012).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἐλέφας (scan p. 352; entry #2426).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἐλέφας (scan p. 2212; entry #6995).

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