Elephantine

Elephantine

See also: elephantine and éléphantine

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē).

Proper noun

Elephantine

1. An island in the river Nile, and the ancient city that occupied it.

Translations

an island

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Aramaic: יב‎ Coptic: ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb) Egyptian: (ꜣbw f)

Greek: Ancient: Ἐλεφαντίνη f (Elephantínē), Ἰηβ (Iēb) Hebrew: יב‎ (yev) Latin: Elephantīnē f

Adjective

Elephantine (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the Elephantine people.

See also

• Elephantine papyri

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē).

Proper noun

Elephantīnē f (genitive Elephantīnēs); first declension

1. Elephantine (ancient island city in Egypt)

Declension

First declension, Greek type, with locative.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Elephantīnē
Genitive	Elephantīnēs
Dative	Elephantīnae
Accusative	Elephantīnēn
Ablative	Elephantīnē
Vocative	Elephantīnē
Locative	Elephantīnae

References

• Elephantine in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Elephantine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette