1. ἐλέφᾶς · elephas — Beekes
ivory, elephant tusk
The corpus record
ἐλέφας
elephas
ivory, elephant tusk
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Against Aphobus 1 6 · 13.22/10k
- Machabaeourum III 6 · 11.94/10k
- Against Aphobus 2 1 · 6.66/10k
- De longitudine et brevitate vitae 1 · 5.68/10k
- Against Aphobus 3 2 · 5.16/10k
- Machabaeorum I 7 · 4.02/10k
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Machabaeorum II 3 · 2.6/10k
- Hippias Major 2 · 2.37/10k
- Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
- De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
- Charmides 1 · 1.2/10k
Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἐλέφας · elephas — Chantraine
σαντος : m
3. ἐλέφᾶς · elephas — Frisk
Elfenbein, Elefantenzahn
4. ἐλέφας · elephas — Frisk
Davon schon myk
5. ἐλέφας · elephas — LSJ
elephant, elephantʼs tusk, ivory, precious stone, cup
Attestations
- ἐλέφαντα · elephanta Iliad 4.141
- ἐλέφαντι · elephanti Iliad 5.583
- ἐλέφαντος · elephantos Odyssey 4.73
- ἐλέφαντος · elephantos Odyssey 8.404
- ἐλέφαντος · elephantos Odyssey 18.196
- ἐλέφαντι · elephanti Odyssey 19.56
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 456-457; entry #2012 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 352; entry #2426 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 2212; entry #6995 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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