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elephantus

an elephant

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 19s 1 · 49.75/10k
De Bello Africo 22 · 16.92/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 30 14 · 10.34/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 21 16 · 10.29/10k
Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 2 · 8.64/10k
Antoninus Geta 1 · 8.13/10k
Helius 1 · 6.97/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 12 · 6.91/10k
Commodus Antoninus 2 · 5.77/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 44 7 · 5.53/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 8 · 5.44/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 36 6 · 5.27/10k

Densest 12 of 77 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ĕlĕphantus — Lewis & Short

ĕlĕphantus, i, and ĕlĕphās, antis (rarely ĕlĕphans, antis,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; of the second form the

I nom. sing., and of the first the oblique cases are most freq.), m. (fem., Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 14), = e)le/fas, an elephant.—Form elephantus, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 25; 30; id. Stich. 1, 3, 14; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; Cic. N. D. 1, 35; 2, 47 fin.; id. de Sen. 9, 27; Liv. 44, 41; Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66 et saep. Its tough hide suggests the expression: elephanti corio circumtentus, i. e. thickheaded, stupid, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 80.—Form elephas, Mart. Spect. 17, 1; Luc. 6, 208; 9, 732; acc. elephantem, Sen. Ep. 85, 41; Gr. acc. elephanta, Manil. 5, 706; Mart. Spect. 19, 4; acc. plur. elephantas, Manil. 4, 667; 740.—

II Transf., like the Gr. e)le/fas.

A Form elephantus, ivory, Verg. G. 3, 26; id. A. 3, 464; 6, 896.—

B Form elephas, the elephantiasis, Lucr. 6, 1114; Seren. Samm. 10.—

C Form elephantus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 10; 32, 11, 53, § 144; 148.

2. elephantus — Walde–Hofmann

elephantus, elephäs s. ebur, elementum. éliberó s. délibero. élicatóres s. délicütus. &lix, -icis s. colliciae, delicätus. &lixus s. Zigueo. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. elephantus, p. 430]

In the wild

Elephantis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.9.p6
elephantis Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 9.3.7
elephantos Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.27.14.6
elephantis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 19.7.7
elephanti Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.praef.p7
elephantos Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.26.p3

6 of 418 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. elephantus (scan p. 218; entry #3364).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. elephantus (scan p. 430; entry #1005).

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