Elatea
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλάτεια (Eláteia).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /e.laˈteː.a/, [ɛɫ̪äˈt̪eːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.laˈte.a/, [eläˈt̪ɛːä]
Proper noun
[edit]Elatēa f sg (genitive Elatēae); first declension
- a city of Phocis situated on the fertile plain formed by the river Cephisus
- a town of Thessaly situated on the road to Tempe
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Elatēa |
| genitive | Elatēae |
| dative | Elatēae |
| accusative | Elatēam |
| ablative | Elatēā |
| vocative | Elatēa |
| locative | Elatēae |
References
[edit]- “Elatea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Elatea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Elateia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly