ἐλεφαντομαχία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”) + μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “fight”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.le.pʰan.to.ma.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.le.pʰan.to.maˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.le.ɸan.to.maˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.le.fan.to.maˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.le.fan.do.maˈçi.a/
Noun
ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (elephantomakhíā) f (genitive ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- battle of elephants
Declension
First declension of ἡ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē elephantomakhíā | τὼ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ elephantomakhíā | αἱ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αι hai elephantomakhíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês elephantomakhíās | τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn elephantomakhíain | τῶν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐῶν tôn elephantomakhiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi elephantomakhíāi | τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn elephantomakhíain | ταῖς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αις taîs elephantomakhíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn elephantomakhíān | τὼ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ elephantomakhíā | τᾱ̀ς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s elephantomakhíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ elephantomakhíā | ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ elephantomakhíā | ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αι elephantomakhíai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐλεφαντομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐλεφαντομαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐλεφαντομαχία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)