elegia

See also: elegía, elégia, and elegią

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ləˈʒi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.leˈd͡ʒi.a]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía).

Noun

elegia f (plural elegies)

1. elegy

Related terms

• elegíac

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

elegia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of elegir

Further reading

• “elegia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “elegia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “elegia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “elegia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English elegy), ultimately from Latin elegīa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeleɡiɑ/, [ˈe̞le̞ˌɡiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ele‧gia

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 elegiain rare
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
abessive		elegiatta	elegioitta
instructive		—	elegioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of elegia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative elegiani elegiani accusative nom. elegiani elegiani gen. elegiani genitive elegiani elegioideni elegioitteni elegiaini rare partitive elegiaani elegioitani inessive elegiassani elegioissani elative elegiastani elegioistani illative elegiaani elegioihini adessive elegiallani elegioillani ablative elegialtani elegioiltani allative elegialleni elegioilleni essive elegianani elegioinani translative elegiakseni elegioikseni abessive elegiattani elegioittani instructive — — comitative — elegioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative elegiasi elegiasi accusative nom. elegiasi elegiasi gen. elegiasi genitive elegiasi elegioidesi elegioittesi elegiaisi rare partitive elegiaasi elegioitasi inessive elegiassasi elegioissasi elative elegiastasi elegioistasi illative elegiaasi elegioihisi adessive elegiallasi elegioillasi ablative elegialtasi elegioiltasi allative elegiallesi elegioillesi essive elegianasi elegioinasi translative elegiaksesi elegioiksesi abessive elegiattasi elegioittasi instructive — — comitative — elegioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative elegiamme elegiamme accusative nom. elegiamme elegiamme gen. elegiamme genitive elegiamme elegioidemme elegioittemme elegiaimme rare partitive elegiaamme elegioitamme inessive elegiassamme elegioissamme elative elegiastamme elegioistamme illative elegiaamme elegioihimme adessive elegiallamme elegioillamme ablative elegialtamme elegioiltamme allative elegiallemme elegioillemme essive elegianamme elegioinamme translative elegiaksemme elegioiksemme abessive elegiattamme elegioittamme instructive — — comitative — elegioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative elegianne elegianne accusative nom. elegianne elegianne gen. elegianne genitive elegianne elegioidenne elegioittenne elegiainne rare partitive elegiaanne elegioitanne inessive elegiassanne elegioissanne elative elegiastanne elegioistanne illative elegiaanne elegioihinne adessive elegiallanne elegioillanne ablative elegialtanne elegioiltanne allative elegiallenne elegioillenne essive elegiananne elegioinanne translative elegiaksenne elegioiksenne abessive elegiattanne elegioittanne instructive — — comitative — elegioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative elegiansa elegiansa accusative nom. elegiansa elegiansa gen. elegiansa genitive elegiansa elegioidensa elegioittensa elegiainsa rare partitive elegiaansa elegioitaan elegioitansa inessive elegiassaan elegiassansa elegioissaan elegioissansa elative elegiastaan elegiastansa elegioistaan elegioistansa illative elegiaansa elegioihinsa adessive elegiallaan elegiallansa elegioillaan elegioillansa ablative elegialtaan elegialtansa elegioiltaan elegioiltansa allative elegialleen elegiallensa elegioilleen elegioillensa essive elegianaan elegianansa elegioinaan elegioinansa translative elegiakseen elegiaksensa elegioikseen elegioiksensa abessive elegiattaan elegiattansa elegioittaan elegioittansa instructive — — comitative — elegioineen elegioinensa

Further reading

• “elegia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Galician

Noun

elegia f (plural elegias, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of elexía

References

• “elegia” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.leˈd͡ʒi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧gì‧a

Noun

elegia f (plural elegie)

1. elegy

Related terms

• elegiaco

Anagrams

• Giaele

Latin

Alternative forms

• elegēa, elegeia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

elegīa f (genitive elegīae); first declension

1. elegy

   Synonyms: elegī (plural only), elegīdārion (short 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.

	singular	plural
nominative	elegīa	elegīae
genitive	elegīae	elegīārum
dative	elegīae	elegīīs
accusative	elegīam	elegīās
ablative	elegīā	elegīīs
vocative	elegīa	elegīae

Descendants

• Catalan: elegia
• Italian: elegia
• Portuguese: elegia
• Spanish: elegía
  • → Tagalog: elehiya
• → Translingual: Elegia

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία ᾠδή (elegeía ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”), from ἐλεγεία (elegeía), feminine of ἐλεγεῖος (elegeîos, “elegiac”), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “poem or song of lament”), perhaps from Phrygian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈlɛ.ɡja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡja
• Syllabification: e‧le‧gia

Noun

elegia f

1. (poetry) elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)
2. (music) elegy (composition of mournful character)

Declension

Declension of elegia

	singular	plural
nominative	elegia	elegie
genitive	elegii	elegii/elegij (archaic)
dative	elegii	elegiom
accusative	elegię	elegie
instrumental	elegią	elegiami
locative	elegii	elegiach
vocative	elegio	elegie

Derived terms

adjective

• elegijny

Related terms

noun

• elegijność

Further reading

• elegia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• elegia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈʒi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈʒi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈʒi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨˈʒi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: e‧le‧gi‧a

Etymology 1

From Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía).

Noun

elegia f (plural elegias)

1. elegy

Related terms

• elegíaco

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

elegia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of eleger