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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἐλαιοῦς (Elaioûs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Elaeūs f sg (genitive Elaeuntis); third declension
- The southernmost city of Chersonesus in Thrace
Declension
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Elaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Elaeus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Elaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.