Elymais

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλυμαΐς (Elumaḯs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Elymāis f sg (genitive Elymāidis); third declension

  1. An ancient province usually considered part of Susiana in present-day Khuzestan, modern Iran

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Elymāis
Genitive Elymāidis
Dative Elymāidī
Accusative Elymāidem
Ablative Elymāide
Vocative Elymāis

Derived terms

  • Elymaei

References

  • Elymais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Elymais in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Elymais”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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