Ἐλέα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ὑέλη (Huélē)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.lé.aː/ → /eˈle.a/ → /eˈle.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.lé.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈle.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈle.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈle.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈle.a/

Proper noun

Ἐλέᾱ • (Eléā) f (genitive Ἐλέᾱς); first declension

1. Hyele or Elea, Magna Graecia; Velia, Campania, Italy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἐλέᾱ; τῆς Ἐλέᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἐλέᾱ hē Eléā
Genitive	τῆς Ἐλέᾱς tês Eléās
Dative	τῇ Ἐλέᾳ têi Eléāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἐλέᾱν tḕn Eléān
Vocative	Ἐλέᾱ Eléā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ελέα (Eléa)
• → Latin: Elea

Further reading

• Ἐλέα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009