Ἦλις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἆλῐς (Âlis) — Doric
• Ϝαλῐς (Walis) — Elean, Laconian

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *wālis, perhaps related to Latin vallis (“valley”), referring to its landscape.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.lis/ → /ˈi.lis/ → /ˈi.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lis/

Proper noun

Ἦλῐς • (Êlis) f (genitive Ἤλῐδος); third declension

1. Elis, Greece

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἦλῐς; τῆς Ἤλῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἦλῐς hē Êlis
Genitive	τῆς Ἤλῐδος tês Ḗlidos
Dative	τῇ Ἤλῐδῐ têi Ḗlidi
Accusative	τὴν Ἤλῐδᾰ tḕn Ḗlida
Vocative	Ἦλῐς Êlis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• Ἠλεῖος (Ēleîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Ήλις (Ílis)
• Latin: Ēlis

References

• “Ἦλις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009
• Smith, William (1854). "Elis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Perseus Digital Library.