Eleusis

== English == === Proper noun === Eleusis Alternative form of Elefsina, Greece. == Latin == === Alternative forms === Eleusin === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίς (Eleusís). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈɫɛu̯.siːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈlɛːu̯.sis] === Proper noun === Eleusīs f sg (genitive Eleusīnis); third declension An ancient city of Attica, famous for its mysteries of Demeter and Persephone ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), with locative, singular only. 1In poetry. ==== Related terms ==== Eleusīnus Eleusīnius Eleusīnia === References === “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.