Eli:
Interjection
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Religion
- Geography:
- Near East
My God; [Eli Eli lama sabacthani => My God, my God why hast thou forsaken me];
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Tydeus Nelidesque Periclymenus, quem parva Methone et levis Elis equis et fluctibus obvius Aulon caestibus adversos viderunt frangere..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tibi solum, Amphiarae, merent: auget resupina maniplos Elis, depressae populus subit incola Pisae, qui te, flaue, natant, terris..."- P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vosne, manus, validi pressistis cornua tauri? vestrum opus Elis habet, vestrum Stymphalides undae, Partheniumque nemus? vestra virtute relatus..." - T
Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse, oppugnari coepta est. duae ciuitates, Messene et Elis, extra concilium Achaicum erant; cum Aetolis sentiebant. Elei tamen..."