Elis
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἦλις, -ιδος, ἡ.
Of Elis, adj.: Ἠλεῖος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ēlis: ĭdis (acc. Elin, Ov. M. 2, 679; 5, 608; 12, 550; Stat. S. 2, 6, 47; Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181; 7, 20, 20, § 84:
I Elidem, Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; abl. usually Elide; but Eli, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; id. Fam. 13, 26, 2), f., = Ηλις; also Ālis, Alidis = Dor. Ἀλις (Plaut. Capt. prol. 9, 26, 31; cf. Aleus, id. ib. 27), the most westerly district of the Peloponnesus, with a capital of the same name, in the vicinity of which Olympia was situated, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 22; Cic. Div. 1, 41; Verg. A. 3, 694; 6, 588; Ov. M. 9, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 389 et saep.—Of the capital, Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; Ov. M. 12, 550.—
II Derivv.
A Ēlēus, a, um, adj., Elean; and in the poets also for Olympian: flumen, i. e. the Alphēus, Ov. M. 5, 576; called also Eleus amnis, Poëta ap. Sen. Q. N. 3, 1: campus, i. e. Olympia, Verg. G. 3, 202; cf.: carcer, Tib. 1, 4, 33; Ov. H. 18, 166: quadriga, Prop. 3, 9, 17 (4, 8, 17 M.): palma, Hor. C. 4, 2, 17: Juppiter, Prop. 3, 2, 20 (4, 1, 60 M.); called also Eleus parens, Val. Fl. 4, 227: lustra, Stat. S. 2, 6, 72.—In plur. subst.: Ēlēi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Elis, Plin. 10, 28, 40, § 175.—
B Ēlĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Elis, the Eleans, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 28; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14.—
C * Ēlēis, ĭdis, f., adj., Elean: humus, Verg. Cat. 11, 32 Heyne.—
D * Ēlĭas, ădis, f., adj., Elean, poet. for Olympian: equae, Verg. G. 1, 59.—
E * Ēlĭdensis, e, adj., of Elis: Phaedo, Gell. 2, 18, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ēlĭs,¹¹ ĭdis, f. (Ἦλις), l’Élide [province du Péloponnèse] : Cic. Div. 1, 91 || Élis capitale de l’Élide] : Nep. Alc. 4, 5 || forme Ālis Pl. Capt. 9 ; 379, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
Elis, idis, Akk. idem und in und im, Abl. ide und ī, f. (Ἦλις) und Ālis, lidis, f. (dorisch Ἆλις), eine kleine Landschaft im westl. Teile des Peloponnes, mit der Hauptstadt gleichen Namens (Schauplatz der olympischen Kampfspiele), deren Ruinen j. Palaeopolis (drei Stunden von der Stadt Gastuni), Cic. de div. 1, 91. Verg. Aen. 3, 694. Nep. Alc. 4, 4 (Akk. Elidem). Liv. 27, 32, 2 (Akk. Elim) u. 38, 32, 3 (Akk. Elin). Cic. ep. 13, 26, 2 (Abl. Eli). Ov. met. 14, 325 (Abl. Elide). Plin. 4, 22 (Abl. Elide). – Form Ālis (dor. Ἆλις), wov. Akk. Alidem, Plaut. capt. 379 u. ö.: Abl. Alide, Plaut. capt. prol. 9 u. ö. (s. Brix Plaut. capt. 571). – spätl. Nbf. Ēlida, ae, f. (Stadt), wov. Abl. Elidā, Hilar. op. hist. fr. 2. no. 15. – Dav.: A) Ēlēus, u. (andere Schreibart) Ēlīus a, um (Ἠλειος), elisch, aus Elis (gebürtig), Cic. u.a.: im Plur. subst. Ēlēi (Ēlīi), ōrum, m. (Ἠλειοι), die Einw. von Elis, die Eleer, Liv. u.a. – Nbf. Ālēus (Ālīus), a, um, alisch = elisch, aus Elis (gebürtig), captivi, Plaut. capt. prol. 27: Diores et Polyxenus Alii, Dict. 3, 5: u. Ālēī (Ālīī), ōrum, m., die Aleer = die Eleer, Plaut. capt. prol. 24 u. 59. – B) Ēlēis, idis, f., elisch, humus, Verg. catal. 11, 32. – C) Ēlias, adis, f., elisch, equae, die in den olympischen Spielen um den Preis rennen, Verg. georg. 1, 59. – D) Ēlidēnsis, e, aus Elis gebürtig, Gell. 2, 18, in.: Nbf. Ālidēnsis, aus Alis (= Elis) gebürtig, captivus, Plaut. capt. 880.
