# elegia
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

elegia f (plural elegies)
* elegy

##### Related terms

* elegíac

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

elegia
* 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: /ˈeleɡiɑ/, [ˈe̞le̞ˌɡiɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: ele‧gia

### Noun

elegia
* elegy

#### Declension

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]‎ (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)
* reintegrationist spelling of elexía

### References

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

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.leˈd͡ʒi.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧gì‧a

### Noun

elegia f (plural elegie)
* elegy

#### Related terms

* elegiaco

### Anagrams

* Giaele

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* elegēa, elegeia

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

elegīa f (genitive elegīae); first declension
* 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.

#### 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: /ɛˈlɛ.ɡja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡja
* Syllabification: e‧le‧gia

### Noun

elegia f
* (poetry) elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)
* (music) elegy (composition of mournful character)

#### Derived terms

* elegijny

#### Related terms

* elegijność

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.leˈʒi.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.leˈʒi.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.leˈʒi.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.lɨˈʒi.ɐ/
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧gi‧a

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

elegia f (plural elegias)
* elegy

##### Related terms

* elegíaco

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

elegia
* first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of eleger