elephantus

Latin > English

elephantus elephanti N M :: elephant; ivory; large variety of lobster, large sea creature; elephantiasis

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ĕlĕphantus,⁹ ī, m., éléphant animal : Cic. Nat. 2, 151 || [fig.] ivoire : Virg. G. 3, 26 || f., femelle de l’éléphant : Pl. St. 168 || m., sorte de monstre marin : Plin. 9, 10.

Latin > German (Georges)

elephantus, ī, c. (latinisierte u. in der klass. Prosa [[[namentlich]] in den Kasus obliqui] gewöhnlichere Nbf. v. elephas), der Elefant, I) eig. u. meton.: elephantus ornatus, Nep.: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior, Cic.: elephantus gravida, Plaut.: elephanti barritus, s. barritusno. I. : solido procedebat elephantus in pontem, Liv. – elephanti corio circumtentus = stumpfsinnig, Plaut. mil. 235. – meton. (u. poet.), wie ελέφας = Elfenbein, Verg. georg. 3, 26 u.a. – II) übtr., ein Seetier, Plin. 32, 144; vgl. 9, 10. – / elepantus geschr., Corp. inscr. Lat. 4, 806.

Translations

Abkhaz: аслан; Acehnese: gajah; Afrikaans: olifant; Ahom: 𑜋𑜂𑜫; Albanian: elefant; Amharic: ዝሆን; Arabic: فِيل‎; Egyptian Arabic: فيل‎; Aragonese: alifante; Aramaic Hebrew: פילא‎, פילתא‎; Syriac: ܦܝܠܐ‎, ܦܝܠܬܐ‎; Armenian: փիղ; Assamese: হাতী; Asturian: elefante; Ateso: etome; Avar: пил; Azerbaijani: fil; Banjarese: gajah; Bashkir: фил; Basque: elefante; Bau Bidayuh: gajah; Belarusian: слон, слані́ха; Bengali: হাতি; Blackfoot: innóóhksisii; Breton: olifant; Brunei Malay: gajah; Bulgarian: слон; Burmese: ဆင်; Buryat: заан; Catalan: elefant; Old Catalan: orifany, aurifany, olifany; Central Melanau: gajah; Chechen: пийл; Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ, ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ; Cheyenne: tsėhe'ėseeséhe; Chichewa: njovu; Chinese Cantonese: 象, 大象, 大笨象; Dungan: щён; Gan: 象; Hakka: 象; Jin: 象; Mon: စိၚ်; Mon Pali: ဟတ္ထိ; Mandarin: 象, 大象; Min Bei: 象; Min Dong: 象; Min Nan: 象; Wu: 象; Xiang: 象; Chol: elefanti; Chukchi: эʼԓыпын; Chuvash: слон; Classical Nahuatl: elepantli; Cornish: olifans; Crimean Tatar: fil; Czech: slon, slonice; Dagbani: wobgu; Danish: elefant; Dinka: akoon; Dutch: olifant, elpendier, elp; Ekpeye: enyî; Esperanto: elefanto; Estonian: elevant; Faroese: fílur; Finnish: norsu, elefantti; French: éléphant, éléphante, éléphanteau, éléphantelle; Middle French: elephant; Old French: olifan; Friulian: elefant; Gagauz: fillär, fil; Galician: elefante; Georgian: სპილო; German: Elefant, Elefantenbulle, Elefantin, Elefantenkuh, Elefantenkalb; Alemannic German: Elifant; Greek: ελέφαντας; Ancient Greek: ἐλέφας; Greenlandic: nagguaatsoq; Guaraní: tapi'itĩmbuku; Gujarati: હાથી; Gwere: nzogi; Hausa: giwa; Hawaiian: ʻelepani; Hebrew: פִּיל‎; Hindi: हाथी, हस्ती, गज, फ़ील, पील, फील; Hungarian: elefánt; Ibibio: eniin; Icelandic: fíll; Ido: elefanto; Ilocano: gadia; Indonesian: gajah; Interlingua: elephante; Irish: eilifint; Isan: ซ่าง; Italian: elefante; Japanese: 象, ゾウ; Jarai: rơman; Jarawa: ʈʰehuːʈʰu; Javanese: ꦒꦗꦃ; Jingpho: magwi, magui; Kalenjin: ebelio; Kalmyk: зан; Kamba: nzou; Kannada: ಆನೆ, ಗಜ; Kashmiri: ہۆس‎, ہۆست‎, ۂسؠ تِنؠ‎; Kashubian: słóń; Kazakh: піл; Khasi: hati; Khmer: ដំរី; Khoekhoe: ǂkhoab; Kikuyu: njogu; Komi-Permyak: слӧн; Kongo: nzau, nzau; Korean: 코끼리; Kurdish Central Kurdish: فیل‎; Northern Kurdish: fîl; Kyrgyz: пил; Ladin: elefant; Ladino: איליפ׳אנטי‎; Lao: ຊ້າງ; Latin: elephantus, elephas, barrus, Luca bos; Latvian: zilonis; Lezgi: фил; Lingala: nzɔku; Lithuanian: dramblys; Luhya: enjofu; Lü: ᦋᦱᧂᧉ; Maasai: olkanchaoi, olenkaina, oltome; Macedonian: слон; Madurese: ꦓꦙ; Malagasy: elefanta; Malay: gajah, biram; Malayalam: ആന; Maltese: iljunfant; Manchu: ᠰᡠᡶᠠᠨ; Mandinka: samoo; Marathi: हत्ती; Mezquital Otomi: elefante; Mirandese: eilefante; Moksha: слан; Mongolian Cyrillic: заан; Uyghurjin: ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ; Mukulu: 'elbi; Mwani: nembo; Nahuatl: elefante; Navajo: bíchį́į́h yee adilohii; Nepali: हात्ती; Newar: किसी; Ngazidja Comorian: nɗovu; Norman: êléphant; Northern Sami: elefánta; Northern Thai: ᨩ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ, ᨩ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ; Norwegian: elefant; Nuer: guɔr; Nupe: dagba; Occitan: elefant; Ojibwe: jejiibajikii; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: слонь; Old East Slavic: слонъ; Old English: elpend; Old Norse: fíll; Oriya: ହାତୀ; Oromo: arbaa; Ossetian: пыл; Ottoman Turkish: فیل‎‎; Pali: hatthin, naga, gaja; Pashto: پيل‎; Persian: فیل‎, پیل‎; Middle Persian: pyl; Polish: słoń anim, słonica; Portuguese: elefante, elefanta, aliá, elefoa, alifante; Punjabi: ਹਾਥੀ; Rade: êman; Rajasthani: गयंद; Rohingya: háñti; Romani: woroslano, woroslanka; Romanian: elefant; Romansch: elefant; Russian: слон, слониха; Rusyn: слон; Rwanda-Rundi: inzovu; Saek: ซาง; Samoan: 'elefane; Sanskrit: गज, इभ, हस्तिन्; Santali: ᱦᱟᱹᱛᱤ; Sardinian: elefante, elefanti; Scottish Gaelic: ailbhean; Semai: cig; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: сло̏н, сло̀ница, фил; Roman: slȍn, slònica, fil; Shan: ၸၢင်ႉ; Shona: nzou; Sicilian: liotru, lifanti; Sindhi: ہاٿيِ‎; Sinhalese: අලියා; Slovak: slon; Slovene: slon, slonica; Somali: maroodi; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: elefant, słon; Upper Sorbian: elefant, słon; Sotho: tlou; Spanish: elefante; Old Spanish: alefant, eleofant, elifant; Sranan Tongo: asaw; Sundanese: ᮌᮏᮂ; Supyire: ńtàsùù; Swahili: ndovu, tembo; Swazi: indlovu; Swedish: elefant; Sylheti: ꠀꠔ꠆ꠔꠤ; Tagal Murut: godingan, godingan; Tagalog: elepante, gadya, ᜄᜇᜌ; Tai Dam: ꪋ꫁ꪱꪉ; Tai Nüa: ᥓᥣᥒᥳ; Tajik: фил, пил; Tamil: யானை; Tangale: labata; Tatar: фил; Tedaga: kumon; Telugu: ఏనుగు, గజము; Thai: ช้าง, คชสาร; Tibetan: གླང་ཆེན; Tigrinya: ሓርማዝ; Toba Batak: ᯎᯐ; Tocharian B: onkolmo; Tswana: tlou; Turkana: etom; Turkish: fil; Turkmen: pil; Udmurt: слон; Uduk: jè; Ukrainian: слон, слониха, слонь; Urdu: ہاتھی‎, ہستی‎, گج‎, فیل‎, پیل‎; Uyghur: پىل‎; Uzbek: fil; Venda: nḓou; Vietnamese: voi; Vilamovian: elefaont; Volapük: leefad; Welsh: eliffant; West Coast Bajau: datu', gaja; West Frisian: oaljefant; White Hmong: ntxhw; Wolof: ñey wi, ñay; Xhosa: indlovu; Yagnobi: фил; Yakut: слон; Yaqui: elehaánte; Yiddish: העלפֿאַנד‎; Yoruba: erin; Yucatec Maya: chowak jom, elefante; Zazaki: fîl; Zhuang: duzciengh, ciengh; Zulu: indlovu