ἐλεφαντομαχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”) +‎ μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “fight”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰan.to.ma.kʰí.aː/ → /e.le.ɸan.to.maˈçi.a/ → /e.le.fan.do.maˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰan.to.ma.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰan.to.maˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.le.ɸan.to.maˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.le.fan.to.maˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.le.fan.do.maˈçi.a/

Noun

ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (elephantomakhíā) f (genitive ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. battle of elephants

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē elephantomakhíā	τὼ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ elephantomakhíā	αἱ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αι hai elephantomakhíai
Genitive	τῆς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês elephantomakhíās	τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn elephantomakhíain	τῶν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐῶν tôn elephantomakhiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi elephantomakhíāi	τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn elephantomakhíain	ταῖς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αις taîs elephantomakhíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn elephantomakhíān	τὼ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ elephantomakhíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s elephantomakhíās
Vocative	ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ elephantomakhíā	ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ elephantomakhíā	ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αι elephantomakhíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐλεφαντομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐλεφαντομαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐλεφαντομαχία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)