"ἐλεφαντομαχία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐλεφαντομαχία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /e.le.pʰan.to.ma.kʰí.aː/, /e.le.ɸan.to.maˈçi.a/, /e.le.fan.do.maˈçi.a/, /e.le.pʰan.to.ma.kʰí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /e.le.pʰan.to.maˈkʰi.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /e.le.ɸan.to.maˈçi.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /e.le.fan.to.maˈçi.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /e.le.fan.do.maˈçi.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”) + μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “fight”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{affix|grc|ἐλέφας|μᾰ́χη|-ῐ́ᾱ|pos3=abstract noun suffix|t1=elephant|t2=fight}} ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”) + μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “fight”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ|ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς|f|first}} ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (elephantomakhíā) f (genitive ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ [canonical], elephantomakhíā [romanization], ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], ἐλεφᾰντομᾰχῐ́αι [plural, vocative]
  1. battle of elephants

Download JSON data for ἐλεφαντομαχία meaning in Ancient Greek (4.7kB)

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