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chryselephantine

Meaning of "chryselephantine" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHRYSELEPHANTINE

From Greek khruselephantinos, from khrusos gold + elephas ivory.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CHRYSELEPHANTINE

ˌkrɪsɛlɪˈfæntɪn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHRYSELEPHANTINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chryselephantine is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CHRYSELEPHANTINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chryselephantine sculpture

Chryselephantine is a term that refers to the sculptural medium of gold and ivory. Chryselephantine cult statues enjoyed high status in Ancient Greece.

Definition of chryselephantine in the English dictionary

The definition of chryselephantine in the dictionary is made of or overlaid with gold and ivory.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHRYSELEPHANTINE

amarantin · catamountain · dentin · fountain · gabapentin · intermountain · intine · mountain · muntin · OxyContin · plantain · quintain · Tintin · transmountain

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHRYSELEPHANTINE

chrysalid · chrysalidal · chrysalides · chrysalis · chrysanth · chrysanthemum · chrysarobin · chrysoberyl · chrysocolla · chrysocracy · chrysolite · chrysolitic · chrysomelid · chrysophan · chrysophilite · chrysophyte · chrysoprase · Chrysostom · chrysotile

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHRYSELEPHANTINE

amarantine · argentine · brigantine · brilliantine · Byzantine · clementine · Constantine · diamantine · eglantine · Florentine · levantine · nicotine · oil of turpentine · quarantine · serpentine · spirits of turpentine · the Argentine · tontine · Tridentine · turpentine · valentine

Synonyms and antonyms of chryselephantine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chryselephantine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHRYSELEPHANTINE

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chryselephantine
1,325 millions of speakers
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criselefantina
570 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
510 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
380 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
280 millions of speakers
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золота и слоновой кости
278 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
270 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
260 millions of speakers
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chryséléphantine
220 millions of speakers
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Chryselephantine
190 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
180 millions of speakers
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金と象牙
130 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
85 millions of speakers
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Chryselephantine
85 millions of speakers
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bức tượng bằng ngà
80 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
75 millions of speakers
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क्रिसेलेफँटाइन
75 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
70 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
65 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
50 millions of speakers
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золота і слонової кістки
40 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
30 millions of speakers
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χρυσελεφάντινο
15 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
14 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
10 millions of speakers
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chryselephantine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chryselephantine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHRYSELEPHANTINE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chryselephantine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHRYSELEPHANTINE»

Discover the use of chryselephantine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chryselephantine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World
This book presents not only the ancient literary and epigraphical evidence for lost statues and examines representations of them in other media, but also assembles and analyses much-neglected physical survivals, elucidating throughout the ...
Kenneth D. S. Lapatin, 2001
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The Lighthouse Guards
A Chryselephantine medallion? A Chryselephantine coin? A silver chryselephantine coin? The only silver chryselephantine coins I know about belonged to an old friend or enemy depending on his state of mind. ' Chryselephantine? What is it?
Stevenson Mukoro, 2013
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The Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations
Other gold-and-ivory statues of the gods were produced in later periods, serving various needs: when Vulca's terracotta statue of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus at Rome was destroyed by fire, it was replaced with a chryselephantine ...
Jan N. Bremmer, Andrew Erskine, 2010
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Carving as Craft: Palatine East and the Greco-Roman Bone and ...
of Phillip II, his parents, and his son, Alexander the Great, in the Philippeion at Olympia.21 In the third century B.C., Ptolemy Philadelphia reportedly commissioned chryselephantine statues of his parents.22 Roman ivory or chryselephantine ...
Archer St. Clair, 2003
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Colonialism and the Object: Empire, Material Culture and the ...
Drawing together intensive case studies from an international group of scholars, the editors explore the impact of colonial contact with other cultures on the material culture of both the colonized and the imperial nation.
Tim Barringer, Tom Flynn, 2012
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Ivory, Bone, and Related Wood Finds
18 The scanty remains of a chryselephantine statue excavated in Alexandria, probably dating to the end of the third century B.C., appears to display sculptured rather than molded elements; cf. Rodziewicz, E. Remains of a chryselephantine ...
Wilma Olch Stern, Danae Hadjilazaro Thimme, 2007
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The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture
Lapatin has demonstrated that the development of chryselephantine giants postdated that of large-scale bronzes by more than fifty years. Yet chryselephantine cannot be seen as a step on the road to empirical accuracy. The sheer size of the ...
Richard Neer, 2010
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The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive ...
28 EMERGENCE OF CHRYSELEPHANTINE IMAGE columnar Shrine was set up . In view of the agility displayed by her in the hunting field and apparent delight in high swinging, it might well indeed be thought by her worshippers that, in some ...
Arthur Evans, 2013
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In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon
The building was completed during the reign of Alexander, who commissioned the Athenian sculptor Leochares to create the chryselephantine statues of Alexander as a central figure, flanked by his parents, Philip and Olym- pias, and Philip's ...
Eugene N. Borza, 1992
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The Classical Archaeology of Greece: Experiences of the ...
Under some paving stones of the sacred way at Delphi, excavations mounted by the French School found in 1939 some fragments of three chryselephantine statues and a lifesize bull. They are now on display in the museum at Delphi.
Michael Shanks, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHRYSELEPHANTINE»

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Chiparus Sculpture, Paintings by Eugene Boudin, Jane Petersen …
... the 1942 Paris Salon in his later years, was well known for his sculptures of bronze and ivory using a technique known as chryselephantine. «PR Web, Dec 14»
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The masterful works of ancient sculptor Phidias
Around 432 BC, Phidias created a massive chryselephantine figure of Zeus in the temple of Zeus at Olympia, Greece, and one of Athena ... «Ancient Origins, Nov 14»
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Acropolis Museum to Host Specialized Tours Every Saturday
... display at the museum, such as puppet dolls, idols, acroliths, chryselephantine statues, and their different functions in an ancient sanctuary. «Greek Reporter, Oct 14»
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Amal Clooney should back off. Lord Elgin was a hero who saved the …
... the building's exterior, as well as to create a massive gold and ivory chryselephantine statue of the Virgin Athena to go inside the temple. «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
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Book Review: 'The Broken Road' by Patrick Leigh Fermor
... Cretan method: pouring in a circular helping of honey . . . and then scattering the chryselephantine whorls with fragments of peeled walnut.". «Wall Street Journal, Feb 14»
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The Great Fleet Street Novel
In the atrium of the fictional Megalopolitan Building at 700-853 Fleet Street there is a “chryselephantine effigy of Lord Copper,” The Beast's ... «New York Times, Jul 11»
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The $198000 Gold and Ivory Napoleon Statue
Created using “chryselephantine”, an ancient style of creating statues, the art workpiece has a wooden inner core and is overlaid with gold and ... «Superyachts.com, Jun 11»
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Napoleon Entering Cairo Statue
The statue is about sixteen and a half inches high. The statue is done in an ancient style known as “chryselephantine.” The artist, Gerome was ... «Newzy, May 11»
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MS RAU'S LE SALON COMMEMORATES NAPOLEONIC ERA WITH …
Gérôme portrayed his subject in the gilt bronze and ivory medium known as "chryselephantine." This Greek sculptural technique was ... «ArtfixDaily, May 11»
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Perhaps that's why they're often known by a particularly ponderous term -- chryselephantine sculptures. And that gives a hint as to their origin: ... «Orillia Packet & Times, Jul 08»
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