Ἐλυμαΐς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἐλῠμαίᾱ (Elumaíā)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ly.maː.ís/ → /e.ly.maˈis/ → /e.li.maˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ly.maː.ís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ly.maˈis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ly.maˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ly.maˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.li.maˈis/

Proper noun

Ἐλῠμᾱΐς • (Elumāḯs) f (genitive Ἐλῠμᾱΐδος); third declension

1. Elymais (an ancient state on the Persian Gulf, in present-day Khuzestan, Iran)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἐλῠμᾱΐς; τῆς Ἐλῠμᾱῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἐλῠμᾱΐς hē Elumāḯs
Genitive	τῆς Ἐλῠμᾱῐ̈́δος tês Elumāḯdos
Dative	τῇ Ἐλῠμᾱῐ̈́δῐ têi Elumāḯdi
Accusative	τὴν Ἐλῠμᾱῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn Elumāḯda
Vocative	Ἐλῠμᾱΐς Elumāḯs
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.

Descendants

• → Classical Syriac: ܐܠܘܡܐܝܕܐ
• → Latin: Elymāis

Further reading

• Ἐλυμαΐς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)