elean

adj 1noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Of or relating to Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.

This distribution has puzzled grammarians, but the Iliadic examples are all from Nestor's account of the Elean war. The aberrant spelling must date from after the alleged metagrammatism.

noun

1

A native or inhabitant of Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.

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