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|Definition=αντος, ὁ ([[θήλεια ἐλέφας]] Phylarch.36J.): irreg. gen.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐλεφάντου BCH35.286(Delos, ii B.C.): dat. pl. -τοις [[LXX]] 1 Ma.1.17 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]):—[[elephant]], first mentioned by Hdt. as a native of Africa, 3.114,4.191; ἐλέφαντος ὀδόντες Id.3.97; of the Indian [[elephant]], first in Arist. Cael.298a13, HA610a15, cf. Paus.1.12.4.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Hom. only of [[elephant's tusk]], [[ivory]], Il.5.583, cf. Hes.Sc.141, Pi.O.1.27, Pl.R.373a, GDI5500, etc.: Aeol. [[ἐλέφαις]] Sapph.Supp.20a10.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἐλεφαντίασις]], Aret.SD2.13, IG3.1423, Gal.15.331.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> a [[precious stone]], Thphr.Lap.37.<br><span class="bld">V</span> a kind of [[cup]], Damox.1.1.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> = [[ἐλεφάντωσις]], Apul.Herb.36.

|dgtxt=-αντος, ὁ, ἡ<br /><b class="num">• Alolema(s):</b> eol. [[ἐλέφαις]] Sapph.44.10<br /><b class="num">I</b> <b class="num">1</b>zool. [[elefante]], [[Loxodonta africana]] (Blumenbach), Hdt.3.114, 4.191, Hermipp.63.15, Plb.1.32.9, <i>PHib</i>.110.79 (III a.C.), <i>Pan</i> 77 (III a.C.), ἐλέφαντες τρωγλοδυτικοὶ καὶ αἰθιοπικοί <i>IAxoum</i> 276.10 (III a.C.)<br /><b class="num">•</b>[[elefante de la India]], [[Elephas maximus]] L., Arist.<i>HA</i> 610^a15, D.S.3.65, Plu.<i>Alex</i>.60, Paus.1.12.4, Luc.<i>Bacch</i>.4, Ach.Tat.4.3.5, Philostr.<i>VA</i> 2.11, de la [[Atlántida]], Pl.<i>Criti</i>.114e<br /><b class="num">•</b>gener. [[elefante]] Eup.317, Ps.Democr.B 300.5, Arist.<i>Cael</i>.298^a13, Diog.Oen.146.1.1, D.H.20.12, Aesop.246, Str.15.1.52, I.<i>AI</i> 12.371, Artem.2.12, D.C.43.23.4, ἐλέφαντος ὀδόντες Hdt.3.97, Ath.195a, de un contingente de elefantes de [[guerra]], [[LXX]] 3<i>Ma</i>.5.1, ὁ [[θῆλυς ἐλέφας]] = [[elefanta]]</i> Arist.<i>HA</i> 500^b17, pero [[θήλεια ἐλέφας]] mismo sent., Phylarch.36<br /><b class="num">•</b>[[proverb|prov.]] οὐδὲν ἐλέφαντος ... διαφέρεις [[en nada te diferencias de un elefante]]</i>, e.e., «[[todo lo que tienes de grande lo tienes de bobo]]», Epin.2.7, cf. Diogenian.1.4.43, Phot.ε 607, ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν hacer un elefante de una mosca</i>, e.e., «hacer un castillo de un grano de arena», Luc.<i>Enc.Musc</i>.12, Diogenian.1.4.46, Sud., ἐ. μῦν οὐχ ἁλίσκει ref. los que no se preocupan de cosas pequeñas, Diogenian.1.4.45, ἐ. μυὸς οὐκ ἀλεγίζει Greg.Cypr. en Zen.3.67 (ap.crít).<br /><b class="num">2</b> [[marfil]] ὡς δ' ὅτε τις ἐλέφαντα γυνὴ φοίνικι μιήνῃ Μῃονίς como cuando una mujer meonia tiñe el marfil de rojo</i>, <i>Il</i>.4.141, cf. Ach.Tat.1.4.3, ἡνία λεύκ' ἐλέφαντι <i>Il</i>.5.583, cf. Hes.<i>Sc</i>.141, [[κλισίη]] ... δινωτὴ ἐλέφαντι <i>Od</i>.19.55, cf. 23.200, χο βομὸς χολέφας ref. al marfil añadido en una estatua de culto de madera <i>IG</i> 4².1038.2 (Egina VI a.C.), frec. unido al oro y cosas de alto valor, Sapph.l.c., Ibyc.182.8<i>S</i>., B.<i>Fr</i>.20B.13, Pi.<i>N</i>.7.78, πεινῶντι δ' ἀνδρὶ μᾶζα τιμιωτέρα χρυσοῦ τε κἀλέφαντος Achae.25, καὶ χρυσὸν καὶ ἐλέφαντα ... κτητέον Pl.<i>R</i>.373a, cf. <i>IG</i> 1³.457.22 (V a.C.), de una puerta con decoración de [[marfil]] <i>IG</i> 4².102A.65 (Epidauro IV a.C.), cf. <i>CID</i> 2.62.2A.5 (IV a.C.), Theoc.15.123, D.27.10, Men.<i>Fr</i>.454, ἐλέφαντος σκυτάλαι <i>ID</i> 442B.170 (II a.C.), βωμίσκον ... βάσιν ἔχοντα ἐξ ἐλέφαντος <i>ID</i> 1450A.92 (II a.C.), cf. <i>Didyma</i> 218.2.9 (I a.C.), [[LXX]] <i>Ez</i>.27.6, D.S.5.46, I.<i>BI</i> 7.134, Ath.202a, μαλακτῆρες ἐλέφαντος Plu.<i>Per</i>.12, cf. Paus.1.20.3, Artem.2.39, Iambl.<i>Fr</i>.1, Luc.<i>Dom</i>.3, Vett.Val.251.15, Longus 4.17.5, <i>Orac.Sib</i>.3.14, Q.S.1.146<br /><b class="num">•</b>como materia fabulosa αἱ μὲν γὰρ κεράεσσι τετεύχαται, αἱ δ' ἐλέφαντι de las puertas de los sueños <i>Od</i>.19.563, cf. Pl.<i>Chrm</i>.173a, Aristid.<i>Or</i>.28.117, Nonn.<i>D</i>.34.90, <i>AP</i> 7.42, ἐλέφαντι φαίδιμον ὦμον κεκαδμένος ornado de marfil en su hombro reluciente</i> de Pélope, Pi.<i>O</i>.1.27.<br /><b class="num">3</b> mineral., cierta [[piedra]], prob. [[marfil fósil]] Thphr.<i>Lap</i>.37.<br /><b class="num">II</b> usos fig. y deriv. de<br /><b class="num">I</b> por meton.<br /><b class="num">1</b> medic., n. de varios tipos de [[lepra]] o [[elefantiasis]] Lucr.6.1114, Ruf. en Orib.45.28.3, Aret.<i>SD</i> 2.13 tít., Gal.7.75, 8.181, <i>IG</i> 2².13209 (III d.C.), Orph.<i>L</i>.51, Al.<i>Ib</i>.2.7, Chrys.M.60.634, [[λέπρα]] καὶ ἐ. Artem.3.47, Paul.Aeg.4.1.1, cf. [[ἐλεφαντίασις]].<br /><b class="num">2</b> un tipo de [[copa]], [[ritón]] o [[cuerno]] para [[beber]], Damox.1.1, Epin.2.4, de capacidad equiv. a tres <i>choai</i> Hsch.<br /><b class="num">3</b> [[lana blanca]] Hsch.<br /><b class="num">• Diccionario Micénico:</b> <i>e-re-pa</i>.<br /><b class="num">• Etimología:</b> Rel. het. <i>laḫpaš</i> ‘[[diente]] (de elefante)’, ‘[[marfil]]’, quizá prést. sem.

|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0797.png Seite 797]] αντος, ὁ, 1) der Elephant, Her. 3, 114 u. Folgde; ὁ [[θῆλυς]] ἐλ., Arist. H. A. 2, 1; ἡ ἐλ., Ath. XIII, 607 a. – 2) der Elephantenzahn, das Elfenbein; nur in dieser Bdtg bei Hom., Hes. u. Pind., denn das Elfenbein war durch den Handel viel früher als das Thier bekannt geworden. Bei Hom. dient es neben Gold, Silber u. Elektrum zu Verzierungen aller Art; Od. 19, 564 kommen die trüglichen Träume durch eine elfenbeinerne Pforte. – 3) Bei Ath. XI, 468 f 497 a eine Art Pokal. – 4) Bei Theophr. ein Edelstein. – 5) = [[ἐλεφαντίασις]], Med.

|etymtx=-αντος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[ivory]], [[elefant-tooth]] (Il.; cf. Treu Philol. 99, 149ff.), [[elefant]] (Hdt.), also as the name of a disease = [[ἐλεφαντίασις]], s. Strömberg Theophrastea 193.<br />Dialectal forms: Myk. [[e-re-pa]], [[-to]], [[-te]] /[[elephas]]/ etc.<br />Compounds: As 1. member in both meanings, <b class="b3">ἐλεφαντό-πους</b> [[with ivory feet]] (Pl. Com.), ἐλέφας <b class="b3">-μάχος</b> [[fighting elephants]] (Str.).<br />Derivatives: Diminut. [[ἐλεφαντίσκιον]] [[young elephant]] (Ael.); adj. [[ἐλεφάντινος]] [[of ivory]] (Alc., Att.), <b class="b3">-ίνεος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (inscr.; on the formation Chantr. Form. 203), <b class="b3">ἐλεφάντ-ειος</b> [[belonging to an elephant]] (Dsc., Opp.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> [[elephant-like]] (Mediz.), <b class="b3">-ιωδής</b> <b class="b2">suffering from eleph.</b> (medic.); subst. [[ἐλεφαντιστής]] [[elephant-driver]] (Arist.), also [[shield from elephant-skin]] (App.; example?), [[ἐλεφαντεύς]] [[ivory-worker]] (pap.). Denomin. <b class="b3">ἐλεφαντ-ιάω</b> <b class="b2">suffer from eleph.</b> (Phld., medic.) with <b class="b3">-ίασις</b>, also <b class="b3">-ιασμός</b> (EM); <b class="b3">-όω</b> [[with ivory inlays]] with <b class="b3">-ωτός</b> (nscr.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.<br />Etymology: Like Lat. [[ebur]] [[ἐλέφας]] is a foreigm word. The final (except the <b class="b3">ντ-</b>suffix) recalls like Lat. [[eb-ur]] an Egypt. <b class="b2">āb(u</b>), Copt. <b class="b3">εβ(ο)υ</b> [[elephant]], [[ivory]], Skt. [[íbha-]] [[elephant]]; the begin recurs in Hamit. [[eḷu]] [[elephant]] (from where through Egypt. [[[p-]] Art.] Pers. [[pīl]], Arab. [[fīl]]); details remain unclear. - From [[ἐλέφας]] Lat. [[elephās]], [[elephantus]], from there the Germanic and Romance forms. W.-Hofmann s. [[ebur]], Lokotsch Et. Wb. d. europ. Wörter orient. Ursprungs Nr. 605, Mayrhofer Wb. s. [[íbhaḥ]]2, Feist Vgl. Wb. d. got. Spr. s. ulbandus. - Wrong Kretschmer WienAkAnz. 1951: 21, 307ff.: to [[ἐλεφαίρομαι]] as "destroyer" (orig. connected with the Mammoth), s. Mayrhofer Stud. z. idg. Grundsprache 44f.