Ἔλισσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎 (ʾlʾs); probably ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil- (“god”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἔλῐσσᾰ • (Élĭssă) f (genitive Ἐλῐ́σσης); first declension

  1. Phoenician name of Δῑδώ.
    • Timae. 82

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ἔλῐσσᾰ; τῆς Ἐλῐ́σσης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἔλῐσσᾰ
hē Élĭssă
Genitive τῆς Ἐλῐ́σσης
tês Elĭ́ssēs
Dative τῇ Ἐλῐ́σσῃ
tēî Elĭ́ssēi
Accusative τὴν Ἔλῐσσᾰν
tḕn Élĭssăn
Vocative Ἔλῐσσᾰ
Élĭssă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Latin: Elissa

References

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