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Ἐλευσίς
Ἐλευσίς
Ancient Greek
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /eleɸsís/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /elepsís/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /elepsís/
Proper noun
Ἐλευσῑ́ς • (Eleusī́s) f (genitive Ἐλευσῖνος); third declension
- Eleusis; Eleusina, Attica, Greece
Inflection
Third declension of Ἐλευσίς, Ἐλευσῖνος
| Case / # | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Ἐλευσίς |
| Genitive | τῆς Ἐλευσῖνος |
| Dative | τῇ Ἐλευσῖνῐ |
| Accusative | τὴν Ἐλευσῖνᾰ |
| Vocative | Ἐλευσίς |
Derived terms
- Ἐλευσῖνι (Eleusîni)
- Ἐλευσινόθεν (Eleusinóthen)
- Ἐλευσίναδε (Eleusínade)
- Ἐλευσίνιος (Eleusínios)
Descendants
- English: Eleusis; Eleusina
- Greek: Ελευσίς (Elefsís); Ελευσίνα (Elefsína)
- Latin: Eleusis
References
- Ἐλευσίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ἐλευσίς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «Ἐλευσίς» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- Ἐλευσίς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009