Ἔλισσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎 (ʾlʾs); probably ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil- (“god”). Perhaps influenced by Phoenician 𐤏𐤋𐤔𐤕 (ʿAlišat), probably a compound of Proto-Semitic *ʾil- with the feminine nominal suffix 𒄿𒊭𒀉 (išat).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.lis.sa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lis.sa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lis.sa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lis.sa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.li.sa/

Proper noun

Ἔλῐσσᾰ • (Élĭssă) f (genitive Ἐλῐ́σσης); first declension

Phoenician name of Δῑδώ.
- Timae. 82

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ἔλῐσσᾰ; τῆς Ἐλῐ́σσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἔλῐσσᾰ hē Élĭssă
Genitive	τῆς Ἐλῐ́σσης tês Elĭ́ssēs
Dative	τῇ Ἐλῐ́σσῃ tēî Elĭ́ssēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἔλῐσσᾰν tḕn Élĭssăn
Vocative	Ἔλῐσσᾰ Élĭssă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: Elissa

References

Ἐλίσσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)