elegi

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See also: elegí

Danish

Noun

elegi c (singular definite elegien, plural indefinite elegier)

  1. elegy

Inflection

Declension of elegi
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative elegi elegien elegier elegierne
genitive elegis elegiens elegiers elegiernes

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἔλεγοι (élegoi).

Pronunciation

Noun

elegī m pl (genitive elegōrum); second declension

  1. (plural only) elegy, elegiac verses
    Synonyms: elegīa (also singular), elegidarion (short elegy)
Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative elegī
Genitive elegōrum
Dative elegīs
Accusative elegōs
Ablative elegīs
Vocative elegī

References

  • “elegi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “elegi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • elegi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See ēligō.

Pronunciation

Verb

ēlēgī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of ēligō

Portuguese

Verb

elegi

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of eleger

Swedish

Noun

elegi c

  1. elegy

Declension

Declension of elegi 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative elegi elegin elegier elegierna
Genitive elegis elegins elegiers elegiernas
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