Elean

Of or relating to Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.

Adjective

  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. - 1980, Leonard Robert Palmer,...

Forms

more Elean most Elean

Noun

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

Forms

Eleans