Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

Ĕlissa or Ĕlīsa, ae, f., = Ἔλισσα, another name (occurring only in poetry) for

  1. I. Dido, Verg. A. 4, 335; 610; 5, 3; Ov. Am. 2, 18, 31; id. F. 3, 553 al.
    Hence,
  2. II. Ĕlis-saeus (Elīsaeus), a, um, adj., poet. for Carthaginian: patres, Sil. 6, 346: tyrannus, i. e. Hannibal, id. 2, 239: lacerti, id. 15, 524.