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elephantinus

elephantinus · adj

Belonging to the elephant

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Where it lives

Tacitus 2 · 6.48/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

ĕlĕphantĭnus — Lewis & Short

ĕlĕphantĭnus, a, um, adj.elephas.

I Belonging to the elephant: tergum, Mel. 1, 5, 2.—

II = e)lefa/ntinos, pure Lat. eburnĕus, of ivory: liber, consisting of ivory tablets, Vop. Tacit. 8: atramentum, ivoryblack, Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 42: compositio (emplastri), Cels. 5, 19, 24 Daremb.

In the wild

Elephantine Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.21
elephantinis Historia Augusta, Tacitus 8
elephantine Celsus, De Medicina 5.19.p27
elephantino Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1.6.5.p2
elephantinum Historia Augusta, Tacitus 8
Elephantine Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 24.17.p3

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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