Elephantine
See also: elephantine and éléphantine
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē).
Proper noun edit
Elephantine
Translations edit
an island
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Adjective edit
Elephantine (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the Elephantine people.
Translations edit
of, from, or pretaining to the island
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See also edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē).
Proper noun edit
Elephantīnē f sg (genitive Elephantīnēs); first declension
- Elephantine (ancient island city in Egypt)
Declension edit
First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Elephantīnē |
Genitive | Elephantīnēs |
Dative | Elephantīnae |
Accusative | Elephantīnēn |
Ablative | Elephantīnē |
Vocative | Elephantīnē |
Locative | Elephantīnae |
References edit
- “Elephantine”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Elephantine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.