noun · femininefirst declension
elegīa
elegīa f (genitive elegīae)
Classical[ɛ.ɫɛˈɡiː.a]Ecclesiastical[e.leˈd͡ʒiː.a]
Meaning
- elegy
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. Ex recognitone Rudolphi Merkelii. Tom. I. Amores. Epistuae. De medic. Fac. Ars. amat. Remedia amoris., Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1855/1862/1868, p. 240blanda pharetratos Elegia cantet Amores
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
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
metrum amōris: versus longior cum breviōreelegīa -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 24
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | elegīa | elegīae |
| genitive | elegīae | elegīārum |
| dative | elegīae | elegīīs |
| accusative | elegīam | elegīās |
| ablative | elegīā | elegīīs |
| vocative | elegīa | elegīae |
ĕlĕgīa (ĕlĕgēa, in Ov. ĕlĕgēĭă), ae, f., = ἐλεγεία.
I. An elegy:
form elegia, Quint. 10, 1, 58; 93; Stat. S. 1, 2, 7; Mart. 5, 30, 4; Aus. Parent. 7, 1; form elegea, Quint. 1, 8, 6; form elegeia, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 7; 3, 9, 3; id. R. Am. 379.—II. A kind of reed:
est et obliqua harundo, non in excelsitatem nascens, sed juxta terram fruticis modo se spargens, suavissima in teneritate animalibus: vocatur a quibusdam elegia, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 167.Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía).
Descendants
- Catalanelegia
- Italianelegia
- Frenchélégiefrom Middle French elegie
- Englishelegyfrom Middle French elegie
- Portugueseelegia
- Spanishelegía
- Haitian Creoleelejifrom Middle French elegie
- Tagalogelehiyafrom Spanish elegía
- TranslingualElegia
In English words that came into English from elegīa
- elegyelegīa