ἐλάτη

Ancient Greek

No certain etymology. Maybe from the same source of Proto-Germanic *linþaz (“pliable”) and Latin lentus (“flexible”).

ἐλᾰ́τη • (elátē) f (genitive ἐλᾰ́της); first declension

First declension of ἡ ἐλᾰ́τη; τῆς ἐλᾰ́της (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐλᾰ́τη hē elátē	τὼ ἐλᾰ́τᾱ tṑ elátā	αἱ ἐλᾰ́ται hai elátai
Genitive	τῆς ἐλᾰ́της tês elátēs	τοῖν ἐλᾰ́ταιν toîn elátain	τῶν ἐλᾰτῶν tôn elatôn
Dative	τῇ ἐλᾰ́τῃ têi elátēi	τοῖν ἐλᾰ́ταιν toîn elátain	ταῖς ἐλᾰ́ταις taîs elátais
Accusative	τὴν ἐλᾰ́την tḕn elátēn	τὼ ἐλᾰ́τᾱ tṑ elátā	τᾱ̀ς ἐλᾰ́τᾱς tā̀s elátās
Vocative	ἐλᾰ́τη elátē	ἐλᾰ́τᾱ elátā	ἐλᾰ́ται elátai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἐλάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἐλάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐλάτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἐλάτη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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