ἐλεφαντομαχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”) +‎ μᾰ́χη (mắkhē, “fight”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (elephăntomăkhĭ́ā) f (genitive ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. battle of elephants

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ
hē elephăntomăkhĭ́ā 		τὼ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ
tṑ elephăntomăkhĭ́ā 		αἱ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αι
hai elephăntomăkhĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς
tês elephăntomăkhĭ́ās 		τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αιν
toîn elephăntomăkhĭ́ain 		τῶν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐῶν
tôn elephăntomăkhĭôn
Dative τῇ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾳ
tēî elephăntomăkhĭ́āi 		τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αιν
toîn elephăntomăkhĭ́ain 		ταῖς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αις
taîs elephăntomăkhĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱν
tḕn elephăntomăkhĭ́ān 		τὼ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ
tṑ elephăntomăkhĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s elephăntomăkhĭ́ās
Vocative ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ
elephăntomăkhĭ́ā 		ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ
elephăntomăkhĭ́ā 		ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αι
elephăntomăkhĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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