Elephantine

See also: elephantine and éléphantine

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē).

Proper noun

Elephantine

1. An island in the river Nile, and the ancient city that occupied it.

Translations

an island

• Arabic: إِلْفَنْتِين f (ʔilfantīn)

  Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة الفنتين (Gazīrat il-Fantīn)

• Aramaic: יב
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 象岛

• Coptic: ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb)
• Egyptian: (ꜣbw f)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἐλεφαντίνη f (Elephantínē), Ἰηβ (Iēb)

• Hebrew: יב (yev)
• Latin: Elephantīnē f

Adjective

Elephantine (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the Elephantine people.

Translations

of, from, or pretaining to the island

• Arabic: إِلْفَنْتِينِيّ f (ʔilfantīniyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: فنتيني (fantīnī)

See also

• Elephantine papyri

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē).

Proper noun

Elephantīnē f sg (genitive Elephantīnēs); first declension

1. Elephantine (ancient island city in Egypt)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Elephantīnē
Genitive	Elephantīnēs
Dative	Elephantīnae
Accusative	Elephantīnēn
Ablative	Elephantīnē
Vocative	Elephantīnē
Locative	Elephantīnae

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.