LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininethird declension

Ēlis

Ēlis f sg (genitive Ēlidis)
Classical[ˈeː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.lis]

Meaning

  1. Elis (an ancient Greek city-state in northwestern Peloponnese, modern Greece)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeĒlis—
genitiveĒlidis—
dativeĒlidī—
accusativeĒlidem—
ablativeĒlide—
vocativeĒlis—

Ēlis, ĭdis (acc. Elin, Ov. M. 2, 679; 5, 608; 12, 550; Stat. S. 2, 6, 47; Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181; 7, 20, 20, § 84:
I. Elidem, Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; abl. usually Elide; but Eli, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; id. Fam. 13, 26, 2), f., = Ἦλις; also ālis, Alidis = Dor. Ἀλις (Plaut. Capt. prol. 9, 26, 31; cf. Aleus, id. ib. 27), the most westerly district of the Peloponnesus, with a capital of the same name, in the vicinity of which Olympia was situated, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 22; Cic. Div. 1, 41; Verg. A. 3, 694; 6, 588; Ov. M. 9, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 389 et saep.—Of the capital, Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; Ov. M. 12, 550.—
II. Derivv.
A. ēlēus, a, um, adj., Elean; and in the poets also for Olympian: flumen, i. e. the Alphēus, Ov. M. 5, 576; called also Eleus amnis, Poëta ap. Sen. Q. N. 3, 1: campus, i. e. Olympia, Verg. G. 3, 202; cf.: carcer, Tib. 1, 4, 33; Ov. H. 18, 166: quadriga, Prop. 3, 9, 17 (4, 8, 17 M.): palma, Hor. C. 4, 2, 17: Juppiter, Prop. 3, 2, 20 (4, 1, 60 M.); called also Eleus parens, Val. Fl. 4, 227: lustra, Stat. S. 2, 6, 72.—In plur. subst.: ēlēi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Elis, Plin. 10, 28, 40, § 175.—
B. ēlĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Elis, the Eleans, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 28; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14.—
C. * ēlēis, ĭdis, f., adj., Elean: humus, Verg. Cat. 11, 32 Heyne.—
D. * ēlĭas, ădis, f., adj., Elean, poet. for Olympian: equae, Verg. G. 1, 59.—
E. * ēlĭdensis, e, adj., of Elis: Phaedo, Gell. 2, 18, 1.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἦλις (Êlis).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyElisElis (ἡ Ἦλις, Dor. Ἆλις, whence Alis in Plant. Capt. Prol. 9, 26; acc. Ἤλιδα of the country, Ἦλις of the town generally, in Lat. Elin and Elidem. The …

Quick answers

What does Ēlis mean in Latin?
Ēlis, a proper noun, means “Elis (an ancient Greek city-state in northwestern Peloponnese, modern Greece)”.
What is the genitive of Ēlis?
The genitive singular is Ēlidis. Ēlis is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Ēlis?
In classical Latin, [ˈeː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛː.lis].