ἐλεγειακός

See also: ελεγειακός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā) +‎ -ακός (-akós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.le.ɡeː.a.kós/ → /e.le.ʝi.aˈkos/ → /e.le.ʝi.aˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.le.ɡeː.a.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.le.ɡi.aˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.le.ʝi.aˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.le.ʝi.aˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.le.ʝi.aˈkos/

Adjective

ἐλεγειᾰκός • (elegeiakós) m (feminine ἐλεγειᾰκή, neuter ἐλεγειᾰκόν); first/second declension

1. elegiac

Declension

First and second declension of ἐλεγειᾰκός; ἐλεγειᾰκή; ἐλεγειᾰκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐλεγειᾰκός elegeiakós	ἐλεγειᾰκή elegeiakḗ	ἐλεγειᾰκόν elegeiakón		ἐλεγειᾰκώ elegeiakṓ	ἐλεγειᾰκᾱ́ elegeiakā́	ἐλεγειᾰκώ elegeiakṓ		ἐλεγειᾰκοί elegeiakoí	ἐλεγειᾰκαί elegeiakaí	ἐλεγειᾰκᾰ́ elegeiaká
Genitive		ἐλεγειᾰκοῦ elegeiakoû	ἐλεγειᾰκῆς elegeiakês	ἐλεγειᾰκοῦ elegeiakoû		ἐλεγειᾰκοῖν elegeiakoîn	ἐλεγειᾰκαῖν elegeiakaîn	ἐλεγειᾰκοῖν elegeiakoîn		ἐλεγειᾰκῶν elegeiakôn	ἐλεγειᾰκῶν elegeiakôn	ἐλεγειᾰκῶν elegeiakôn
Dative		ἐλεγειᾰκῷ elegeiakôi	ἐλεγειᾰκῇ elegeiakêi	ἐλεγειᾰκῷ elegeiakôi		ἐλεγειᾰκοῖν elegeiakoîn	ἐλεγειᾰκαῖν elegeiakaîn	ἐλεγειᾰκοῖν elegeiakoîn		ἐλεγειᾰκοῖς elegeiakoîs	ἐλεγειᾰκαῖς elegeiakaîs	ἐλεγειᾰκοῖς elegeiakoîs
Accusative		ἐλεγειᾰκόν elegeiakón	ἐλεγειᾰκήν elegeiakḗn	ἐλεγειᾰκόν elegeiakón		ἐλεγειᾰκώ elegeiakṓ	ἐλεγειᾰκᾱ́ elegeiakā́	ἐλεγειᾰκώ elegeiakṓ		ἐλεγειᾰκούς elegeiakoús	ἐλεγειᾰκᾱ́ς elegeiakā́s	ἐλεγειᾰκᾰ́ elegeiaká
Vocative		ἐλεγειᾰκέ elegeiaké	ἐλεγειᾰκή elegeiakḗ	ἐλεγειᾰκόν elegeiakón		ἐλεγειᾰκώ elegeiakṓ	ἐλεγειᾰκᾱ́ elegeiakā́	ἐλεγειᾰκώ elegeiakṓ		ἐλεγειᾰκοί elegeiakoí	ἐλεγειᾰκαί elegeiakaí	ἐλεγειᾰκᾰ́ elegeiaká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐλεγειᾰκῶς elegeiakôs				ἐλεγειᾰκώτερος elegeiakṓteros				ἐλεγειᾰκώτᾰτος elegeiakṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ελεγειακός (elegeiakós)
• → Late Latin: elegīacus
  • → Catalan: elegíac
  • → Galician: elexíaco
  • → Middle French: élégiaque
    • → English: elegiac
    • French: élégiaque
  • → Romanian: elegiac
  • → Spanish: elegíaco

Further reading

• “ἐλεγειακός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐλεγειακός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἐλεγειακός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette