Ἦλις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἆλῐς (Âlis) – Doric
- Ϝαλῐς (Walis) – Elean
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛ̂ː.lis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe̝.lis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.lis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.lis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.lis/
Proper noun
Ἦλῐς • (Êlis) f (genitive Ἤλῐδος); third declension
- Elis, Greece
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Ἦλῐς; τῆς Ἤλῐδος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἦλῐς hē Êlis | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ἤλῐδος tês Ḗlidos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ἤλῐδῐ têi Ḗlidi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ἤλῐδᾰ tḕn Ḗlida | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἦλῐς Êlis | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἠλεῖος (Ēleîos)
Descendants
- Greek: Ήλις (Ílis)
- Latin: Ēlis
References
- “Ἦλις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009