Eliseus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλισσαῖος (Elissaîos), from Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע (ʾĔlîšāʿ). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈliː.se.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈliː.s̬e.us] === Proper noun === Elīseus m sg (genitive Elīseī); second declension (Ecclesiastical Latin, biblical) Elisha (Biblical figure) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → Old Irish: Eleseus === References === “Eliseus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Eliséus” in Leo F. Stelten, editor (1995), Dictionary of ecclesiastical Latin: with an appendix of Latin expressions defined and clarified, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, page 85/2