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Eleusis
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English
Proper noun
en Elefsina, Greece.
Latin
Alternative forms
la Eleusin
Etymology
la Eleusīs :der grc:Ἐλευσίς + 1
Pronunciation
Eleusīs
Proper noun
Eleusīs/Eleusīn<3.loc> f
An ancient city of Attica, famous for its mysteries of Demeter and Persephone
la Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia 4 62 3 sed contra Eleusina clara Salamis. Opposite Eleusis is the famous island of Salamis H.Rackham 1952
la Frontinus Strategemata 2 9 9 2 Pisistratus Atheniensis, cum excepisset Megarensium classem, qua illi ad Eleusin noctu applicuerant, ut operatas Cereris sacro feminas Atheniensium raperent
Declension
Eleusīs/Eleusīn<3.Greek.loc> Eleusīs/Eleusīn Eleusīnis/Eleusīnos Eleusīnem/Eleusīna/Eleusīn
Related terms
la Eleusīnus
la Eleusīnius
la Eleusīnia
References
Eleusin Eleusin
la Cities Greece