Elephantine
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See also: elephantine and éléphantine
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē).
Proper noun
Elephantine
Translations
an island
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Adjective
Elephantine (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the Elephantine people.
Translations
of, from, or pretaining to the island
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See also
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē).
Proper noun
Elephantīnē f sg (genitive Elephantīnēs); first declension
- Elephantine (ancient island city in Egypt)
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
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| nominative | Elephantīnē |
| genitive | Elephantīnēs |
| dative | Elephantīnae |
| accusative | Elephantīnēn |
| ablative | Elephantīnē |
| vocative | Elephantīnē |
| locative | Elephantīnae |
References
- “Elephantine”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Elephantine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.