elegiacus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.leˈɡiː.a.kus/, [ɛɫ̪ɛˈɡiːäkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.leˈd͡ʒi.a.kus/, [eleˈd͡ʒiːäkus]

Adjective

elegīacus (feminine elegīaca, neuter elegīacum); first/second-declension adjective

1. elegiac, pertaining to the elegy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	elegīacus	elegīaca	elegīacum		elegīacī	elegīacae	elegīaca
Genitive	elegīacī	elegīacae	elegīacī		elegīacōrum	elegīacārum	elegīacōrum
Dative	elegīacō		elegīacō		elegīacīs
Accusative	elegīacum	elegīacam	elegīacum		elegīacōs	elegīacās	elegīaca
Ablative	elegīacō	elegīacā	elegīacō		elegīacīs
Vocative	elegīace	elegīaca	elegīacum		elegīacī	elegīacae	elegīaca

References

• “elegiacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• elegiacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.