Eleleus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἐλελεῦ (eleleû).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈe.le.leu̯s/, [ˈɛɫ̪ɛɫ̪ɛu̯s̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.le.leu̯s/, [ˈɛːleleu̯s]
Proper noun
[edit]Elele͡us m sg (genitive Eleleī); second declension
- a surname of Bacchus
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.15:
- Nycteliusque Eleleusque parens et Iacchus et Euhan,
- Nyctelius and Eleleus and the parent and Iacchus and Euhan,
- Nycteliusque Eleleusque parens et Iacchus et Euhan,
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Eleleus |
Genitive | Eleleī |
Dative | Eleleō |
Accusative | Eleleum |
Ablative | Eleleō |
Vocative | Elelee |
References
[edit]- “Eleleus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press