Elephantine

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē). === Proper noun === Elephantine An island in the river Nile, and the ancient city that occupied it. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Elephantine (not comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the Elephantine people. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Elephantine papyri == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.ɫɛ.pʰanˈtiː.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.le.fanˈtiː.ne] === Proper noun === Elephantīnē f sg (genitive Elephantīnēs); first declension Elephantine (ancient island city in Egypt) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only. === References === “Elephantine”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Elephantine”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.