Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. elegiac, pertaining to the elegy

Declension edit

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 edit

  • 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.