ἐλέφας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From a compound of Proto-Berber *eḷu and either Egyptian ꜣbw
or Sanskrit इभ (íbha).
Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀩𐀞 (e-re-pa), acc. 𐀁𐀩𐀞𐀲 (e-re-pa-ta), dat. 𐀁𐀩𐀞𐀳 (e-re-pa-te), gen. 𐀁𐀩𐀞𐀵 (e-re-pa-to).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.lé.pʰaːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈlɛ.pʰas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈle.ɸas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈle.fas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈle.fas/
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἐλέφᾱς ho eléphās |
τὼ ἐλέφᾰντε tṑ eléphante |
οἱ ἐλέφᾰντες hoi eléphantes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐλέφᾰντος toû eléphantos |
τοῖν ἐλεφᾰ́ντοιν toîn elephántoin |
τῶν ἐλεφᾰ́ντων tôn elephántōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐλέφᾰντῐ tôi eléphanti |
τοῖν ἐλεφᾰ́ντοιν toîn elephántoin |
τοῖς ἐλέφᾱσῐ / ἐλέφᾱσῐν toîs eléphāsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἐλέφᾰντᾰ tòn eléphanta |
τὼ ἐλέφᾰντε tṑ eléphante |
τοὺς ἐλέφᾰντᾰς toùs eléphantas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐλέφᾰν eléphan |
ἐλέφᾰντε eléphante |
ἐλέφᾰντες eléphantes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē)
Descendants
- Middle English: olifaunt
- English: elephant
- Esperanto: elefanto
- French: éléphant
- German: Elefant
- Greek: ελέφας (eléfas); ελέφαντας (eléfantas)
- Icelandic úlfaldi
- Ido: elefanto
- Italian: elefante
- Latin: elephās; elephāns; elephantus
- Vulgar Latin: *olifantus
- Portuguese: elefante
- Spanish: elefante
- Volapük: leefad
References
- ἐλέφας in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐλέφας in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐλέφας in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐλέφας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐλέφας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἐλέφας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 265
- olifantus 1
- olifantus 2
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