Chryselephantine Definition

krĭ-sĕlə-făntēn, -tīn
adjective
Made of, or overlaid with, gold and ivory.
Webster's New World

Origin of Chryselephantine

  • From Ancient Greek χρυσελεφάντινος (khruselephantinos), from χρυσός (khrusos, “gold”) + ἐλεφάντινος (elephantinos, “of ivory”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek khrūselephantinos khrūs-, khrūso- chryso- elephās elephant- ivory elephant

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chryselephantine Sentence Examples

  • The chryselephantine statue of the Olympian Zeus, by Pheidias, was carried to Constantinople, and perished in a great fire, A.D.

  • Or, again, there is nothing not explicable and natural in the conception of the Olympian Zeus as represented by the great chryselephantine statue of Zeus at Olympia, or in the Homeric conception of Zeus as a god who " turns everywhere his shining eyes " and beholds all things.

  • The most celebrated statue of Hera was the chryselephantine work of Polyclitus, made for the Heraeum at Argos soon after 423 s.c. It is fully described by Pausanias, who says that Hera was seated on a throne, wearing a crown (crTEg5avos), and carrying a sceptre in one hand and a pomegranate in the other.

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