elegiacus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

elegīacus (feminine elegīaca, neuter elegīacum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. elegiac, pertaining to the elegy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative elegīacus elegīaca elegīacum elegīacī elegīacae elegīaca
genitive elegīacī elegīacae elegīacī elegīacōrum elegīacārum elegīacōrum
dative elegīacō elegīacae elegīacō elegīacīs
accusative elegīacum elegīacam elegīacum elegīacōs elegīacās elegīaca
ablative elegīacō elegīacā elegīacō elegīacīs
vocative elegīace elegīaca elegīacum elegīacī elegīacae elegīaca

References

  • “elegiacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • elegiacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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