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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/
Noun
ἐλᾰ́τη • (elátē) f (genitive ἐλᾰ́της); first declension
- fir (tree of the genus Abies)
- oar, rudder
Inflection
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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