ebur in Latin

IPA: [ˈɛ.bʊr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɛː.bur] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *leb- Egyptian ꜣbw Demotic Egyptian ybbor. Latin ebur Loan word, probably from Demotic Egyptian yb (“ivory, Elephantine”), from Egyptian Ab-b-w-E26 (ꜣbw, “ivory, elephant, Elephantine”). Compare Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, “Elephantine”); also note Sanskrit इभ (íbha) and Tigre ኣቦት (ʾabot). In any case, probably cognate with the second half of Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”) Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|egx-dem:yb<ety:inh<egy:ꜣbw>>|id=ivory|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *leb- Egyptian ꜣbw Demotic Egyptian ybbor. Latin ebur, {{bor|la|egx-dem|yb||ivory, Elephantine}} Demotic Egyptian yb (“ivory, Elephantine”), {{der|la|egy|ꜣbw|<hiero>Ab-b-w-E26</hiero>|ivory, elephant, Elephantine|tr=ꜣbw}} Egyptian Ab-b-w-E26 (ꜣbw, “ivory, elephant, Elephantine”), {{cog|cop|ⲓⲏⲃ|t=Elephantine}} Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, “Elephantine”), {{cog|tig|ኣቦት}} Tigre ኣቦት (ʾabot) Head templates: {{la-noun|ebur/ebor<3.N>}} ebur n (genitive eboris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ebur/ebor<3.N>}} Forms: eboris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ebur [nominative, singular], ebora [nominative, plural], eboris [genitive, singular], eborum [genitive, plural], eborī [dative, singular], eboribus [dative, plural], ebur [accusative, singular], ebora [accusative, plural], ebore [ablative, singular], eboribus [ablative, plural], ebur [singular, vocative], ebora [plural, vocative], ebor [alternative, Medieval-Latin]

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"ebur" meaning in Latin

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