elegia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

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, 2024
• “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/,
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): e‧le‧gi‧a

Noun

elegia

1. elegy

Declension

Further reading

• “elegia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

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) IPA^(key): /e.leˈɡiː.a/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.leˈd͡ʒi.a/,

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.
     

   • 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.

Descendants

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

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

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elegia

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• 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