Ebur, siue Ebor, ébotis, pe. cor. n. g. Cicero. Iuory or any thing made of Iuory.Pulcherrimum ex ebore signum Mineruæ.Cic.Aspetum signis ebur. Senec Iuory hauing Images wrought in it.Assyrium.Ouid. Candens. Ouid.Conspicuum.Ouid.Ebur curule, pro sella curuli eburnea, quæ summis tantum magistratibus concedebatur. Hor. An Iuory chaire.Indicum. Hor. Læue ebur. Sidonius. Smooth.Nitidum.Ouid. Nineum. Ouid.Phidiacum ebur.Iuuen. hocest, statuæ eburneæ Phidia scalptæ. Regale. Sen. The Iuory handle of a kings sword.Sectile ebur.Ouid. Splendidum. Sen. Fulgentia ebore & auto tecta.Cic. Lucet ebur. Vir.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ĕbur, ŏris (cf. Quint. 1, 6, 22 sq.), n. [Copt. ebu; cf. Sanscr. ibhas, elephant; whence Gr. e)le/fas, Semit. article el being prefixed], ivory.I. Prop., Cic. Leg. 2, 18; id. Brut. 73 fin.; id. Par. 1, 3; Quint. 2, 21, 9; Verg. G. 1, 57; id. A. 10, 137; 12, 68; Hor. C. 1, 31, 6; id. Ep. 2, 1, 96 et saep.—Prov.: ebur atramento candefacere, v. atramentum.—II.Meton.A.Things made of ivory. So of statues, Verg. G. 1, 480; Ov. M. 15, 792; of the tibia, Verg. G. 2, 193; of a scabbard, Ov. M. 4, 148; of the sella curulis, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 54; Ov. F. 5, 51; id. Pont. 4, 5, 18.— B.An elephant, Juv. 12, 112.