Elis

From Ancient Greek Ἦλις (Êlis).

Elis

1. (historical) An ancient Greek city-state in northwestern Peloponnese, modern Greece.
2. A regional unit of modern Greece in West Greece, corresponding to the area once ruled by the city-state.

• Eleia (the region governed by the ancient city)

• %iles, Iles, Isle, Leis, Lise, Sile, iles, isle, leis, lies, sile, slie

Short form of Eliisabet or Elisabeth.

Elis

1. a female given name

Elis m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Elis: Elisarson or Elisson
• daughter of Elis: Elisardóttir or Elisdóttir

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἦλις (Êlis).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.lis/, [ˈeːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lis/, [ˈɛːlis]

Ēlis f sg (genitive Ēlidis); third declension

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

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Ēlidensis

• Ēlēis
• Ēlēus
• Ēlias
• Ēliī

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

Variant of Elias.

Elis c (genitive Elis)

1. a male given name

• → Finnish: Eelis
• → Icelandic: Elís
• → Northern Sami: Eles

• lies