ἐλέφας, αντος, ὁ
(θήλεια ἐ. [[ 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 36J.)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: irregular genitive ἐλεφάντου [[ “BCH” 35.286 (Delos, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: dative plural -τοις[[ LXX.1Mac.1.17 (variant)] LXX]:—elephant, first mentioned by [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus as a native of Africa, 3.114, 4.191 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλέφαντος ὀδόντες [[ [prev. author] 3.97 ] Refs]; of the Indian elephant, first in [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 298a13, “HA” 610a15, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.12.4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] only of elephant's tusk, ivory, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.583, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 141, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.27, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 373a, “GDI” 5500, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Aeolic dialect ἐλέφαις [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 20a10. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__III ={ἐλεφαντίασις}, [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.13, “IG” 3.1423, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.331. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV a precious stone, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 37. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V a kind of cup, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 1.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VI ={ἐλεφάντωσις}, [[ 4th c.AD(?): Apuleius Scriptor Botanicus “Herb.” 36. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]