Ἐλεφαντίνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.le.pʰan.tǐː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.le.pʰanˈti.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.le.ɸanˈti.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.le.fanˈti.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.le.fanˈdi.ni/
Proper noun
Ἐλεφαντῑ́νη • (Elephantī́nē) f (genitive Ἐλεφαντῑ́νης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ἐλεφαντῑ́νη hē Elephantī́nē | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ἐλεφαντῑ́νης tês Elephantī́nēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ἐλεφαντῑ́νῃ tēî Elephantī́nēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ἐλεφαντῑ́νην tḕn Elephantī́nēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐλεφαντῑ́νη Elephantī́nē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ελεφαντίνη (Elefantíni)
- → English: Elephantine
- → Latin: Elephantīna
Further reading
- Ἐλεφαντίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009