Eliseus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλισσαῖος (Elissaîos), from Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע (ʼĔlîšāʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Elīseus m sg (genitive Elīseī); second declension

  1. (Ecclesiastical Latin, biblical) Elisha (Biblical figure)

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Elīseus
Genitive Elīseī
Dative Elīseō
Accusative Elīseum
Ablative Elīseō
Vocative Elīsee

References[edit]

  • Eliseus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Eliséus” in Leo F. Stelten, editor (1995) Dictionary of ecclesiastical Latin: with an appendix of Latin expressions defined and clarified, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, page 85/2