Elis

See also: elis, élis, and -elis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἦλις (Êlis).

Proper noun

Elis

1. (historical) An ancient Greek city-state in northwestern Peloponnese.
2. A regional unit of modern Greece in West Greece, corresponding to the area once ruled by the city-state.

Related terms

• Eleia (the region governed by the ancient city)

Translations

ancient Greek city-state

• Catalan: Èlide
• Greek: Ήλιδα (Ílida)

  Ancient: Ἦλις (Êlis)

• Irish: Éilís f

• Italian: Elide (it)
• Russian: Элида (ru) (Elida)
• Spanish: Élide

region of modern Greece

• Catalan: Èlide
• Irish: Éilís f

• Italian: Elide (it)
• Spanish: Élide
• Turkish: İlia

Anagrams

• %iles, Iles, Isle, Leis, Lise, Sile, iles, isle, leis, lies, sile, slie

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Estonian

Etymology

Short form of Eliisabet or Elisabeth.

Proper noun

Elis

1. a female given name

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Faroese

Proper noun

Elis m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Elis: Elisarson or Elisson
• daughter of Elis: Elisardóttir or Elisdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Elis
Accusative	Elis
Dative	Elisi
Genitive	Elisar, Elis

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἦλις (Êlis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.lis/, [ˈeːlʲɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lis/, [ˈɛːlis]

Proper noun

Ēlis f sg (genitive Ēlidis); third declension

1. (geography) a region of ancient Greece

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ēlis
Genitive	Ēlidis
Dative	Ēlidī
Accusative	Ēlidem
Ablative	Ēlide
Vocative	Ēlis

Derived terms

• Ēlidensis

Related terms

• Ēlēis
• Ēlēus
• Ēlias
• Ēliī

References

• “Elis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Elis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Elis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Swedish

Etymology

Variant of Elias.

Proper noun

Elis c (genitive Elis)

1. a male given name

Descendants

• → Finnish: Eelis
• → Icelandic: Elís
• → Northern Sami: Eles

Anagrams

• lies