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Latin
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
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
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), with locative, singular only.
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.