Ἠλύσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pre-Greek.^[1] Possibly Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion) +‎ -ιος (-ios), although considering that nominal use of Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion) is rare compared to adjectival use, it is more likely that Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion) is a neuter substantivization of the adjective.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.lý.si.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈly.si.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈly.si.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈly.si.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈli.si.os/

Adjective

Ἠλύσῐος • (Ēlúsĭos) m (feminine Ἠλῠσίᾱ, neuter Ἠλύσῐον); first/second declension

Elysian

Declension

First and second declension of Ἠλῠ́σῐος; Ἠλῠσῐ́ᾱ; Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Ἠλῠ́σῐος Ēlŭ́sĭos	Ἠλῠσῐ́ᾱ Ēlŭsĭ́ā	Ἠλῠ́σῐον Ēlŭ́sĭon	Ἠλῠσῐ́ω Ēlŭsĭ́ō	Ἠλῠσῐ́ᾱ Ēlŭsĭ́ā	Ἠλῠσῐ́ω Ēlŭsĭ́ō	Ἠλῠ́σῐοι Ēlŭ́sĭoi	Ἠλῠ́σῐαι Ēlŭ́sĭai	Ἠλῠ́σῐᾰ Ēlŭ́sĭă
Genitive	Ἠλῠσῐ́ου Ēlŭsĭ́ou	Ἠλῠσῐ́ᾱς Ēlŭsĭ́ās	Ἠλῠσῐ́ου Ēlŭsĭ́ou	Ἠλῠσῐ́οιν Ēlŭsĭ́oin	Ἠλῠσῐ́αιν Ēlŭsĭ́ain	Ἠλῠσῐ́οιν Ēlŭsĭ́oin	Ἠλῠσῐ́ων Ēlŭsĭ́ōn	Ἠλῠσῐ́ων Ēlŭsĭ́ōn	Ἠλῠσῐ́ων Ēlŭsĭ́ōn
Dative	Ἠλῠσῐ́ῳ Ēlŭsĭ́ōi	Ἠλῠσῐ́ᾳ Ēlŭsĭ́āi	Ἠλῠσῐ́ῳ Ēlŭsĭ́ōi	Ἠλῠσῐ́οιν Ēlŭsĭ́oin	Ἠλῠσῐ́αιν Ēlŭsĭ́ain	Ἠλῠσῐ́οιν Ēlŭsĭ́oin	Ἠλῠσῐ́οις Ēlŭsĭ́ois	Ἠλῠσῐ́αις Ēlŭsĭ́ais	Ἠλῠσῐ́οις Ēlŭsĭ́ois
Accusative	Ἠλῠ́σῐον Ēlŭ́sĭon	Ἠλῠσῐ́ᾱν Ēlŭsĭ́ān	Ἠλῠ́σῐον Ēlŭ́sĭon	Ἠλῠσῐ́ω Ēlŭsĭ́ō	Ἠλῠσῐ́ᾱ Ēlŭsĭ́ā	Ἠλῠσῐ́ω Ēlŭsĭ́ō	Ἠλῠσῐ́ους Ēlŭsĭ́ous	Ἠλῠσῐ́ᾱς Ēlŭsĭ́ās	Ἠλῠ́σῐᾰ Ēlŭ́sĭă
Vocative	Ἠλῠ́σῐε Ēlŭ́sĭe	Ἠλῠσῐ́ᾱ Ēlŭsĭ́ā	Ἠλῠ́σῐον Ēlŭ́sĭon	Ἠλῠσῐ́ω Ēlŭsĭ́ō	Ἠλῠσῐ́ᾱ Ēlŭsĭ́ā	Ἠλῠσῐ́ω Ēlŭsĭ́ō	Ἠλῠ́σῐοι Ēlŭ́sĭoi	Ἠλῠ́σῐαι Ēlŭ́sĭai	Ἠλῠ́σῐᾰ Ēlŭ́sĭă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	Ἠλῠσῐ́ως Ēlŭsĭ́ōs			Ἠλῠσῐώτερος Ēlŭsĭṓteros			Ἠλῠσῐώτᾰτος Ēlŭsĭṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ἠλύσιον Πεδίον (Ēlúsion Pedíon)

Descendants

→ Latin: Ēlysius

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517