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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- ĕburnĕus, and (mostly poet.) ĕbur-nus, a, um, adj. [ebur], of ivory. (a). eburneus:
signum
, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1; Ov. M. 4, 354: lectus
, Suet. Caes. 84: praesepe
, id. Calig. 55: quadrigae
, id. Ner. 22: tabulae
, id. ib. 31 al.; so, tulit eburneos dentes mille, etc., ivory tusks, i. e. elephants' tusks, Liv. 37, 59, 3.—(b). ebur-nus: humerus
, Verg. G. 3, 7: pecten
, id. A. 6, 647: vagina
, id. ib. 9, 305: porta
, id. ib. 6, 699; Hor. C. 3, 27, 41: lyra
, id. ib. 2, 11, 22: lecti
, id. S. 2, 6, 103: currus
, Ov. H. 15, 91: valvae
, id. M. 4, 185: sceptrum
, id. ib. 1, 178; 7, 103 al.: ensis
, i. e. with an ivory hilt
, Verg. A. 11, 11.—B. Poet. transf., white as ivory. (a). eburne-us: eburnea brachia
, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 7; cf. so, cervix
, id. H. 20, 59: colla
, id. M. 3, 422; 4, 335: terga
, id. ib. 10, 592.—(b). ebur-nus: digiti
, Prop. 2, 1, 9.
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