Ἐλεφαντίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰan.tǐː.nɛː/ → /e.le.ɸanˈti.ni/ → /e.le.fanˈdi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰan.tǐː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰanˈti.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.le.ɸanˈti.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.le.fanˈti.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.le.fanˈdi.ni/

Proper noun

Ἐλεφαντῑ́νη • (Elephantī́nē) f (genitive Ἐλεφαντῑ́νης); first declension

1. Elephantine

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἐλεφαντῑ́νη; τῆς Ἐλεφαντῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἐλεφαντῑ́νη hē Elephantī́nē
Genitive	τῆς Ἐλεφαντῑ́νης tês Elephantī́nēs
Dative	τῇ Ἐλεφαντῑ́νῃ têi Elephantī́nēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἐλεφαντῑ́νην tḕn Elephantī́nēn
Vocative	Ἐλεφαντῑ́νη Elephantī́nē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ελεφαντίνη (Elefantíni)
• → English: Elephantine
• → Latin: Elephantīna

Further reading

• Ἐλεφαντίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009