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ἐλέφας
ἐλέφας
Ancient Greek
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /eléɸas/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /eléfas/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eléfas/
Noun
ἐλέφᾱς • (eléphās) m (genitive ἐλέφαντος); third declension
Inflection
Third declension of ἐλέφᾱς, ἐλέφᾰντος
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἐλέφᾱς | τὼ ἐλέφᾰντε | οἱ ἐλέφᾰντες |
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐλέφᾰντος | τοῖν ἐλεφᾰ́ντοιν | τῶν ἐλεφᾰ́ντων |
| Dative | τῷ ἐλέφᾰντῐ | τοῖν ἐλεφᾰ́ντοιν | τοῖς ἐλέφᾱσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὸν ἐλέφᾰντᾰ | τὼ ἐλέφᾰντε | τοὺς ἐλέφᾰντᾰς |
| Vocative | ἐλέφᾰν | ἐλέφᾰντε | ἐλέφᾰντες |
Derived terms
- Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē)
Descendants
- English:
- New English: elephant
- Middle English: olifaunt
- Esperanto: elefanto
- French: éléphant
- German: Elefant
- Greek: ελέφας (eléfas); ελέφαντας (eléfantas)
- Icelandic úlfaldi
- Ido: elefanto
- Italian: elefante
- Latin: elephas; elephans; elephantus
- Vulgar Latin: olifantus
- Volapük: leefad
References
- ἐλέφας in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐλέφας in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐλέφας in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἐλέφας» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «ἐλέφας» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- «ἐλέφας» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 265