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|lshtext=<b>Ēlis</b>: 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:<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Ēlĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of [[Elis]], the Eleans, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 28; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> * Ēlēis, ĭdis, f., adj., Elean: [[humus]], Verg. Cat. 11, 32 Heyne.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> * Ēlĭas, ădis, f., adj., Elean, [[poet]]. for Olympian: equae, Verg. G. 1, 59.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> * Ēlĭdensis, e, adj., of [[Elis]]: [[Phaedo]], Gell. 2, 18, 1.

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