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ĕlĕphantus , i, and ĕlĕphās , antis (rarely ĕlĕphans , antis, Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; of the second form the
I.nom. sing., and of the first the oblique cases are most freq.), m. (fem., Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 14), = ἐλέφας, an elephant.—Form elephantus, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 25; 30; id. Stich. 1, 3, 14; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; Cic. N. D. 1, 35; 2, 47 fin.; id. de Sen. 9, 27; Liv. 44, 41; Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66 et saep. Its tough hide suggests the expression: “elephanti corio circumtentus,” i. e. thickheaded, stupid, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 80.—Form elephas, Mart. Spect. 17, 1; Luc. 6, 208; 9, 732; acc. elephantem, Sen. Ep. 85, 41; Gr. acc. elephanta, Manil. 5, 706; Mart. Spect. 19, 4; acc. plur. elephantas, Manil. 4, 667; 740.—
II. Transf., like the Gr. ἐλέφας.
A. Form elephantus, ivory, Verg. G. 3, 26; id. A. 3, 464; 6, 896.—
B. Form elephas, the elephantiasis, Lucr. 6, 1114; Seren. Samm. 10.—
C. Form elephantus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 10; 32, 11, 53, § 144; 148.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Plautus, Stichus, 1.3
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.464
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.26
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 1.1
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.2
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.1114
    • Lucan, Civil War, 6.208
    • Lucan, Civil War, 9.732
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.10
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.66
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 41
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.35
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 85.41
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