Ἔλισσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.lis.sa/ → /ˈe.lis.sa/ → /ˈe.li.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.lis.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lis.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lis.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lis.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.li.sa/

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 têi 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

• Ἐλίσσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)