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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>αντος (ὁ) :<br\/>A<\/b> éléphant, HDT. <i>3, 114 ; 4, 191 ;<\/i> ARSTT. <i>H.A. 2, 1, 45, etc. ;<\/i><br\/><b>B<\/b> <i>p. suite :<\/i><br\/><b>   I<\/b> dent d’éléphant, <i>d’où :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> ivoire, IL. <i>4, 141 ; 5, 582 ;<\/i> OD. <i>4, 73, etc. ;<\/i> HÉS. <i>Sc. 141 ;<\/i> PD. <i>O. 1, 27 ; N. 7, 78 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Rsp. 373<\/i> a, <i>etc. ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> objets garnis d’ivoire <i>ou<\/i> ressemblant à de l’ivoire ; <i>particul<\/i>. sorte de coupe, ATH. <i>468<\/i> f ; pierre précieuse, TH. <i>Lap. 37 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>c<\/i>. ἐλεφαντίασις, DIOSC. <i>2, 109 ;<\/i> ORIG. <i>1, 1365 a Migne ;<\/i> ARÉT. <i>Caus. m. diut. 2, 13<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ ἡ ἐλέφας, <i>en parl. de la femelle,<\/i> ATH. <i>607<\/i> a.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>emprunt égyptien<\/i>.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "αντος, ὁ (θήλεια ἐ. Phylarch. 36J.); irreg. gen. ἐλεφάντου <i>BCH<\/i> 35.286 (Delos, ii BC); dat. pl. -τοις LXX 1 Ma. 1.17 (<font color='brown'>v.l.<\/font>): — <b>elephant<\/b>, first mentioned by Hdt. as a native of Africa, 3.114, 4.191; ἐλέφαντος ὀδόντες Id. 3.97; of the Indian <b>elephant<\/b>, first in Arist. <i>Cael.<\/i> 298a13, <i>HA<\/i> 610a15, cf. Paus. 1.12.4. in Hom. only of <b>elephant΄s tusk, ivory<\/b>, <i>Il.<\/i> 5.583, cf. Hes. <i>Sc.<\/i> 141, Pi. <i>O.<\/i> 1.27, Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 373a, GDI 5500, etc. ; <i>Aeol.<\/i> ἐλέφαις Sappho <i>Supp.<\/i> 20a10. = ἐλεφαντίασις, Aret. <i>SD<\/i> 2.13, IG 3.1423, Gal. 15.331. a <b>precious stone<\/b>, Thphr. <i>Lap.<\/i> 37. a kind of <b>cup<\/b>, Damox. 1.1. = ἐλεφάντωσις, Apul. <i>Herb.<\/i> 36."
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                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "αντος, ὁ,<br\/><b>1)<\/b> <i>der Elephant<\/i>, Her. 3.114 u. Folgde ; ὁ θῆλυς ἐλ., Arist. <i>H.A<\/i>. 2.1 ; ἡ ἐλ., Ath. XIII.607a.<br\/><b>2)<\/b> <i>der Elephantenzahn<\/i>, das Elfenbein ; nur in dieser Bdtg bei Hom., Hes. u. Pind., denn das Elfenbein war durch den Handel viel früher als das Tier bekannt geworden. Bei Hom. dient es neben Gold, Silber u. Elektrum zu Verzierungen aller Art ; <i>Od<\/i>. 19.564 kommen die trüglichen Träume durch eine elfenbeinerne Pforte.<br\/><b>3)<\/b> Bei Ath. XI.468f 497a <i>eine Art Pokal<\/i>.<br\/><b>4)<\/b> Bei Theophr. <i>ein Edelstein<\/i>.<br\/><b>5)<\/b> = ἐλεφαντίασις, Med."
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                    "description": "1. <b>the elephant <\/b>, (Herdotus Historicus) <br\/>2. <b>the elephant's tusk, ivory <\/b>, (Iliad by Homer) (ML)"
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