proper noun · femininethird declension
Eleusīs
Eleusīs f sg (genitive Eleusīnis)
Classical[ɛˈɫɛu̯.siːs]Ecclesiastical[eˈlɛːu̯.sis]
Meaning
- An ancient city of Attica, famous for its mysteries of Demeter and Persephone
sed contra Eleusina clara Salamis.
Opposite Eleusis is the famous island of Salamis77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 4.62.3Pisistratus Atheniensis, cum excepisset Megarensium classem, qua illi ad Eleusin noctu applicuerant, ut operatas Cereris sacro feminas Atheniensium raperent
c. 40 CE – 103 CE, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Strategemata 2.9.9.2
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Eleusīs Eleusīn | — |
| genitive | Eleusīnis Eleusīnos | — |
| dative | Eleusīnī | — |
| accusative | Eleusīnem Eleusīna, Eleusīn | — |
| ablative | Eleusīne | — |
| vocative | Eleusīs Eleusī | — |
| locative | Eleusīnī Eleusīne | — |
Origins
From Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίς (Eleusís).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyEleusisEleusis (Ἐλευσίς, or Ἐλευσίν: Eth. Ἐλευσίνιος). 1. (Lepsína), a demus of Attica, belonging to the tribe Hippothoöntis. It owed its celebrity to its be…Biography & mythologyEleusisEleusis (Ἐλευσίς), a son of Hermes and Daeira, the daughter of Oceanus. The town of Eleusis in Attica was believed to have derived its name from him. …