Elissa

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔλῐσσᾰ (Élĭssă); probably from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎𐤕 (ʾlʾst /⁠Elishat⁠/), 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎 (ʾlʾs /⁠Elisha⁠/).This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈlɪs.ə/, (less often) /ɪˈ-/, /əˈli(ː)s.ə/ Rhymes: -ɪsə Homophones: Alissa, Alyssa (one pronunciation) === Proper noun === Elissa (Greek mythology) Dido, queen of Carthage. A female given name from Ancient Greek. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Alesis, Alessi, Lassie, aisles, laisse, lassie, sailes, slaies == Latin == === Alternative forms === Elīsa === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔλῐσσᾰ (Élĭssă). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈlɪs.sa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈlis.sa] === Proper noun === Elissa f sg (genitive Elissae); first declension (poetic) synonym of Dīdō (“legendary foundress and queen of Carthage”) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== Elissaeus === References === “Ĕlissa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Elīsa (-ssa)”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “582”