Latin

ebur Bȳzantīnum (a Byzantine ivory)

Alternative forms

• ebor Medieval

Noun

ebur n ‎(genitive eboris); third declension

1. ivory (material)
2. a thing made of ivory.
3. (figuratively) an elephant

Declension

Third declension neuter.

Synonyms

• (elephant): elephantus, elephās

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: ivory
• French: ivoire
• Italian: avorio
• Old Irish: ebur
  • Irish: eabhar

References

• ĕbur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ebur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ĕbŭr”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 568/3.
• ebur in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ebur in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “ebur” on pages 583–4 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Meriam

Noun

ebur

1. bird

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *eburaz. Cognates include Old English eofor, Old Norse jǫfurr.

Noun

ebur m

1. boar

Descendants

• German: Eber