elegia

See also: elegía and elégia

Catalan

Verb

elegia

  1. first-person singular imperfect indicative form of elegir
  2. third-person singular imperfect indicative form of elegir

Finnish

Noun

elegia

  1. elegy

Declension
Inflection of elegia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative elegia elegiat
genitive elegian elegioiden
elegioitten
partitive elegiaa elegioita
illative elegiaan elegioihin
singular plural
nominative elegia elegiat
accusative nom. elegia elegiat
gen. elegian
genitive elegian elegioiden
elegioitten
elegiainrare
partitive elegiaa elegioita
inessive elegiassa elegioissa
elative elegiasta elegioista
illative elegiaan elegioihin
adessive elegialla elegioilla
ablative elegialta elegioilta
allative elegialle elegioille
essive elegiana elegioina
translative elegiaksi elegioiksi
instructive — elegioin
abessive elegiatta elegioitta
comitative — elegioineen

Italian

Noun

elegia f (plural elegie)

  1. elegy

Latin

Alternative forms
  • elegēa, elegēia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /e.leˈɡiː.a/, [ɛ.ɫɛˈɡiː.a]

Noun

elegīa f (genitive elegīae); first declension

  1. elegy
    • Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), Remedia amoris, verse 379f. In: P. Ovidius Naso. Ex recognitone Rudolphi Merkelii. Tom. I. Amores. Epistuae. De medic. Fac. Ars. amat. Remedia amoris., Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1855/1862/1868, p. 240:
      Blanda pharetratos elegeia cantet Amores,
      Et levis arbitrio ludat amica suo.
      [Note: Other editions have Elegia, Elegeia, Elegeïa]
    • Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), Remedia amoris, verse 379f. In: P. Ovidius Naso. Remedia amoris. Heilmittel gegen die Liebe. Lateinisch/Deutsch. Übersetzt und herausgegeben von Niklas Holzberg, 2011, p. 34:
      blanda pharetratos Elegia cantet Amores
      et levis arbitrio ludat amica suo.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative elegīa elegīae
Genitive elegīae elegīārum
Dative elegīae elegīīs
Accusative elegīam elegīās
Ablative elegīā elegīīs
Vocative elegīa elegīae

Synonyms

References
  • elegia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • elegia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • elegia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Polish

Noun

elegia f

  1. elegy

Portuguese

Noun

elegia f (plural elegias)

  1. elegy

Verb

elegia

  1. first-person singular (eu) imperfect indicative of eleger
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) imperfect indicative of eleger
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