ecloga

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Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

ecloga f (plural ecloghe)

  1. Alternative form of egloga

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐκλογή (eklogḗ, selection).

Pronunciation

Noun

ecloga f (genitive eclogae); first declension

  1. A short passage of writing from a longer work; an excerpt.
  2. An eclogue.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ecloga eclogae
Genitive eclogae eclogārum
Dative eclogae eclogīs
Accusative eclogam eclogās
Ablative eclogā eclogīs
Vocative ecloga eclogae

Descendants

  • English: eclogue
  • Finnish: eklogi
  • French: églogue
  • Italian: ecloga, egloga
  • Spanish: égloga

References

  • ecloga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ecloga”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ecloga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • ecloga in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016