Eliseus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλισσαῖος (Elissaîos), from Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע (ʼĔlîšāʻ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Elīseus m sg (genitive Elīseī); second declension

  1. (Ecclesiastical Latin, biblical) Elisha (Biblical figure)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Elīseus
genitive Elīseī
dative Elīseō
accusative Elīseum
ablative Elīseō
vocative Elīsee

References

  • Eliseus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Eliséus” in Leo F. Stelten, editor (1995), Dictionary of ecclesiastical Latin: with an appendix of Latin expressions defined and clarified, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, page 85/2