Ĕl'e-phăn'-tīne, a.

a. [Lat. elephantinus, Gr. ἐλεφάντινος, Fr. éléphantin.]

1. Pertaining to the elephant; huge; resembling an elephant; hence, huge, immense; as, of elephantine proportions.
2. (Antiq.) An appellation given to certain books in which the Romans registered the transactions of the senate, magistrates, emperors, and generals; — so called, perhaps, as being made of ivory.