ἐλάτη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No certain etymology. Maybe from the same source of Proto-Germanic *linþaz (“pliable”) and Latin lentus (“flexible”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.lá.tɛː/ → /eˈla.ti/ → /eˈla.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.lá.tɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈla.te̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈla.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈla.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈla.ti/

Noun

ἐλᾰ́τη • (elátē) f (genitive ἐλᾰ́της); first declension

1. fir (tree of the genus Abies)
2. oar, rudder

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐλᾰ́τη; τῆς ἐλᾰ́της (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐλᾰ́τη hē elátē	τὼ ἐλᾰ́τᾱ tṑ elátā	αἱ ἐλᾰ́ται hai elátai
Genitive	τῆς ἐλᾰ́της tês elátēs	τοῖν ἐλᾰ́ταιν toîn elátain	τῶν ἐλᾰτῶν tôn elatôn
Dative	τῇ ἐλᾰ́τῃ têi elátēi	τοῖν ἐλᾰ́ταιν toîn elátain	ταῖς ἐλᾰ́ταις taîs elátais
Accusative	τὴν ἐλᾰ́την tḕn elátēn	τὼ ἐλᾰ́τᾱ tṑ elátā	τᾱ̀ς ἐλᾰ́τᾱς tā̀s elátās
Vocative	ἐλᾰ́τη elátē	ἐλᾰ́τᾱ elátā	ἐλᾰ́ται elátai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐλατηΐς (elatēḯs)
• ἐλατικός (elatikós)
• ἐλατίνη (elatínē)
• ἐλάτινος (elátinos)
• κεδρελάτη (kedrelátē)

 

Descendants

• Greek: έλατο (élato)

References

• “ἐλάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐλάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐλάτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐλάτη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN