Ἐλαιᾶτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A derivative of Ἐλαίᾱ (Elaíā), the name of the chief town, from ἐλαίᾱ (elaíā, “olive tree”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.lai̯.âː.tis/ → /e.lɛˈa.tis/ → /e.leˈa.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.lai̯.âː.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.lɛˈa.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.lɛˈa.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.leˈa.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.leˈa.tis/

Proper noun

Ἐλαιᾶτις • (Elaiâtis) f (genitive Ἐλαιάτῐδος); third declension

1. Elaeatis (a district of Epirus, Greece)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ἐλαιᾶτῐς; τῆς Ἐλαιᾱ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἐλαιᾶτῐς hē Elaiâtis
Genitive	τῆς Ἐλαιᾱ́τῐδος tês Elaiā́tidos
Dative	τῇ Ἐλαιᾱ́τῐδῐ têi Elaiā́tidi
Accusative	τὴν Ἐλαιᾱ́τῐδᾰ tḕn Elaiā́tida
Vocative	Ἐλαιᾶτῐς Elaiâtis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• Ἐλαιᾶτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἐλαιᾶτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἐλαιᾶτις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011