Elymais

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλυμαΐς (Elumaḯs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.lyˈmaː.is/, [ɛlʲʏˈmäːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.liˈma.is/, [eliˈmäːis]

Proper noun

Elymāis f sg (genitive Elymāidis); third declension

1. An ancient province usually considered part of Susiana in present-day Khuzestan, modern Iran

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Elymāis
Genitive	Elymāidis
Dative	Elymāidī
Accusative	Elymāidem
Ablative	Elymāide
Vocative	Elymāis

Derived terms

• Elymaei

References

• “Elymais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Elymais in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Elymais”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly