Elymian adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Of or pertaining to the Elymian people or their society, language, etc.The exact relations which existed between Carthage and the Elymian towns, those again which existed between the two Elymian towns themselves, are nowhere clearly described. — 1892 noun1 •(historical) Any member of a people who inhabited western Sicily during the Bronze Age and Classical antiquity.In 580 the Greeks attacked the Carthaginians and Elymians. — 2009 formsElymians · more Elymian · most Elymian