Ĕlĕphantīne, ēs, f., = Ἐλεφαντίνη,
a small but very fertile island of the Nile , in the Thebaid , with a city of the same name , now Jezyret-Assuan , Mel. 1, 9, 2; 9; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Tac. A. 2, 61; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 163.—Also called Elĕphantis , ĭdis, f., Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 59; Vitr. 8, 2, 6.