Eleusisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Eleusis

1. Alternative form of Elefsina, Greece.

語源

From Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίς (Eleusís).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /eˈleu̯.siːs/, [ɛˈɫ̪ɛu̯s̠iːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /eˈleu̯.sis/, [eˈlɛːu̯sis]

固有名詞

Eleusīs f sg (genitive Eleusīnis); third declension

1. An ancient city of Attica, famous for its mysteries of Demeter and Persephone
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.62.3:

     sed contra Eleusina clara Salamis.

     Opposite Eleusis is the famous island of Salamis

   • Frontinus, Strategemata 2.9.9.2:

     Pisistratus Atheniensis, cum excepisset Megarensium classem, qua illi ad Eleusin noctu applicuerant, ut operatas Cereris sacro feminas Atheniensium raperent

語形変化

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), with locative, singular only.

関連する語

• Eleusīnus
• Eleusīnius
• Eleusīnia

参照

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