Eleusis
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English
Proper noun
Eleusis
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίς (Eleusís).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eleusīs f sg (genitive Eleusīnis); third declension
- An ancient city of Attica, famous for its mysteries of Demeter and Persephone
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.62.3:
- sed contra Eleusina clara Salamis.
- Opposite Eleusis is the famous island of Salamis
- sed contra Eleusina clara Salamis.
- AD c. 40–103, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Strategemata 2.9.9.2:
- Pisistratus Atheniensis, cum excepisset Megarensium classem, qua illi ad Eleusin noctu applicuerant, ut operatas Cereris sacro feminas Atheniensium raperent
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Pisistratus Atheniensis, cum excepisset Megarensium classem, qua illi ad Eleusin noctu applicuerant, ut operatas Cereris sacro feminas Atheniensium raperent
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Eleusīs Eleusīn |
| genitive | Eleusīnis Eleusīnos |
| dative | Eleusīnī |
| accusative | Eleusīnem Eleusīna Eleusīn |
| ablative | Eleusīne |
| vocative | Eleusīs Eleusī1 |
| locative | Eleusīnī Eleusīne |
1In poetry.
Related terms
References
- “Eleusin”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Eleusis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Eleusis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.