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PRONUNCIATION OF ELYTIS

Elytis  [ɛˈlaɪtɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELYTIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Elytis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ELYTIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Elytis

Odysseas Elytis

Odysseas Elytis was regarded as a major exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and the world. In 1979 the Nobel Prize in Literature was bestowed on him.

Definition of Elytis in the English dictionary

The definition of Elytis in the dictionary is Odysseus, real name Odysseus Alepoudelis. 1912–96, Greek poet, author of the long poems Axion Est and Maria Nefeli : Nobel prize for literature 1979.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELYTIS


alveolitis
ˌælvɪəˈlaɪtɪs
bronchiolitis
ˌbroŋkiəʊˈlaɪtɪs
cellulitis
ˌsɛljʊˈlaɪtɪs
cheilitis
kaɪˈlaɪtɪs
colitis
kɒˈlaɪtɪs
diverticulitis
ˌdaɪvəˌtɪkjʊˈlaɪtɪs
encephalitis
ˌɛnsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs
encephalomyelitis
ɛnˌsɛfələʊˌmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs
enterocolitis
ˌɛntərəʊkɒˈlaɪtɪs
epicondylitis
ˌepɪˌkɒndɪˈlaɪtɪs
folliculitis
fəˌlɪkjʊˈlaɪtɪs
myelitis
ˌmaɪɪˈlaɪtɪs
osteomyelitis
ˌɒstɪəʊˌmaɪɪˈlaɪtɪs
poliomyelitis
ˌpəʊlɪəʊˌmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs
pyelitis
ˌpaɪəˈlaɪtɪs
spondylitis
ˌspɒndɪˈlaɪtɪs
tonsilitis
ˌtɒnsɪˈlaɪtɪs
tonsillitis
ˌtɒnsɪˈlaɪtɪs
vasculitis
ˌvæskjʊˈlaɪtɪs
vestibulitis
vɛˌstɪbjʊˈlaɪtɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELYTIS

ELV
elvan
elver
elves
elvish
elvishly
elvishness
Elx
Ely
Elyot
Elysian
Elysian fields
Elysium

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELYTIS

arthritis
Atlantis
botrytis
bronchitis
clematis
dermatitis
fortis
gastritis
gratis
hepatitis
in loco parentis
lymphangitis
mantis
meningitis
osteoarthritis
otitis
rheumatoid arthritis
sinusitis
testis
Volantis

Synonyms and antonyms of Elytis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Elytis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELYTIS

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The translations of Elytis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Elytis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

埃利蒂斯
1,325 millions of speakers

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Elytis
570 millions of speakers

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Elytis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Elytis
380 millions of speakers
ar

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ELYTIS
280 millions of speakers

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Elytis
278 millions of speakers

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Elytis
270 millions of speakers

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Elytis
260 millions of speakers

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Elytis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Elytis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Elytis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エリティス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Elytis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Elytis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Elytis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Elytis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एलिटिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Elytis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Elytis
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ELYTIS
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Elytis
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Elytis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ελύτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Elytis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Elytis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Elytis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Elytis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELYTIS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELYTIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Elytis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELYTIS»

Discover the use of Elytis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Elytis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mediterranean Modernisms: The Poetic Metaphysics of Odysseus ...
Engaging with the work of Nobel Prize-winning poet Odysseus Elytis within the framework of international modernism, Marinos Pourgouris places the poet's work in the context of other modernist thinkers in Europe, including Albert Camus, ...
Dr Marinos Pourgouris, 2013
2
The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis
Included in this landmark volume were Elytis's early poems, influenced in equal parts by surrealism and the natural world; Song Heroic and Mourning for the Lost Second Lieutenant of the Albanian Campaign, his epic poem connecting Greece ...
Odysseus Elytis, 2004
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Walt Whitman & Odysseus Elytis: Beyond Being and Time
Through the use of extensive research, The work suggests that there is a common ground that Whitman and Elytis share, that is to say, their philosophy on language and poetry.
Katerina Andriotis, 2010
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Seferis and Elytis as Translators
The death/desire double also attracts him in Lorca and Ungaretti, but Lorca's elegiac tone is closer to that of Elytis, who whenever in grief mourns for the sensual and the corporeal. The first publication of the translations from Lorca ( 1948) ends ...
Irene Loulakaki-Moore, 2010
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Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L
Greek poets are fortunate in being able to draw on an unbroken poetic tradition dating back to Homer, and Elytis made full use of a vocabulary deriving from Homer, Pindar, Sappho, the Pre-Socratics, the Bible, the Byzantine Hymnographers, ...
O. Classe, 2000
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Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature
In Open Documents (1974), Elytis declared that the purpose of his poetry was to wake up objects and hear the echo of phenomena. Language is not the sum of word symbols that denote objects, but a force unleashed by the intellect.
Bruce Merry, 2004
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The Facts on File Companion to World Poetry: 1900 to the Present
ELYTIS, ODYSSEUS 163 ———. Last Love Poems of Paul Éluard. Translated by Marilyn Kallet. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. Gateau, Jean-Charles. Paul Éluard et la peinture surréaliste. Geneva: Droz, 1982. Nugent  ...
R. Victoria Arana, 2008
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Greek Modernism and Beyond: Essays in Honor of Peter Bien
8. Textual. Orientations: Writing. the. Landscape. in. Elytis's. TheAxionEsti. Peter Mackridge In memoriam Philip Sherrard and George Savidis "In the beginning was light." The first words of The Axion Esti (1959) combine the beginning of the ...
Peter Bien, 1997
9
Word, Text, Translation: Liber Amicorum for Peter Newmark
peaks, these concentrated and laconic crystallisations of what Elytis calls 'the poetic spirit'. They are utterances in which the cast of the language and the images produced are fused and in which the formulation of a truth gives rise to another ...
Gunilla M. Anderman, Margaret Rogers, 1999
10
God and the Poetic Ego: The Appropriation of Biblical and ...
The Appropriation of Biblical and Liturgical Language in the Poetry of Palamas, Sikelianos and Elytis Anthony Hirst. Conclusion In the Introduction I indicated that the three phases which Eliot discerned in the relation of the English novel to the ...
Anthony Hirst, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELYTIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Elytis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Celebrations in the street but future is uncertain
They quoted the country's beloved poet Odysseus Elytis, whose famous poem had adorned a number of polling stations throughout the country. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
Summer in the galleries
This new universe is inspired by Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet and from the poem Maria Nefeli by Odysseas Elytis. Leaving the art world of ... «Cyprus Mail, Jun 15»
3
Putting Greece on a sound footing is like cleaning out the Augean …
... 1967 and Elytis in 1974. We were the last European country to stage a military coup and overthrow a quasi-democratic government, in 1967, ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
Viewpoint: 2015 “Honor to the Greek Teacher” Event
My only care my language on Homer's shores… ,” Axion Esti by Odysseus Elytis. “The Greek language and culture are admired and ... «Hellenic News of America, May 15»
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2015 'Honor to the Greek Teacher'
... language they gave me; poor the house on Homer's shores. My only care my language on Homer's shores… ,” Axion Esti by Odysseas Elytis. «Greek Reporter, May 15»
6
The magic of George Ellis
... Tony Nikolakopoulos, joined Greek star Vasilis Lekkas, as he conveyed Theodorakis' and Elytis' passion through his impeccable singing. «Neos Kosmos, May 15»
7
On the trail of Greek artist Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika
... professor-politician who in 1975 became Greece's president; and, above all, the Nobel-winning poets George Seferis and Odysseus Elytis. «The Australian, May 15»
8
It's worth it
Axion Esti (It Is Worthy), the famous oratorio based on Nobel prizewinner Odyseas Elytis' poetry, set to music by Greece's most recognised ... «Neos Kosmos, Apr 15»
9
Alkistis Protopsalti to sing in Ankara
... Protopsalti will start her concert by singing the poems of the late Odysseus Elytis, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1979. «Hurriyet Daily News, Apr 15»
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Balmain conductor George Ellis to take on Axion Esti, a collaborative …
Axion Esti (“Is It Worthy”) is Nobel prize-winning poet Odysseas Elytis' landmark work which was set to music by famous composer Mikis ... «The Daily Telegraph, Mar 15»

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