Elean
English
Adjective
Elean (comparative more Elean, superlative most Elean)
- Of or relating to Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.
- 1980, Leonard Robert Palmer, The Greek language (page 96)
- This distribution has puzzled grammarians, but the Iliadic examples are all from Nestor's account of the Elean war. The aberrant spelling must date from after the alleged metagrammatism.
- 1980, Leonard Robert Palmer, The Greek language (page 96)
Noun
Elean (plural Eleans)
- A native or inhabitant of Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.