Eleleus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐλελεῦ (eleleû).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.le.leu̯s/, [ˈɛɫ̪ɛɫ̪ɛu̯s̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.le.leu̯s/, [ˈɛːleleu̯s]

Proper noun

Elele͡us m sg (genitive Eleleī); second declension

1. a surname of Bacchus
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.15:

     Nycteliusque Eleleusque parens et Iacchus et Euhan,

     Nyctelius and Eleleus and the parent and Iacchus and Euhan,

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Eleleus
Genitive	Eleleī
Dative	Eleleō
Accusative	Eleleum
Ablative	Eleleō
Vocative	Elelee

References

• “Eleleus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press