(adjective) : ĕburnĕus, and (mostly poet.) ĕbur-nus, a, um, ebur
* Of ivory.
* 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.
* 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.
* Poet. transf., white as ivory.
* 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.
* Ebur-nus: digiti,Prop. 2, 1, 9.

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