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ĕburnĕus , and (mostly poet.) ĕbur-nus , a, um, adj. ebur,
I.of ivory.
(α). 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.—
(β). 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.
(α). 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.—
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.1
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.592
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.178
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.422
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.185
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.354
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.11
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.647
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.7
    • Horace, Satires, 2.6.103
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 55
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 84
    • Suetonius, Nero, 22
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 59.3
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