Danish

Noun

elegi c (singular definite elegien, plural indefinite elegier)

1. elegy

Inflection

See also

• elegi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἔλεγοι ‎(élegoi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.le.ɡiː/, [ˈɛ.ɫɛ.ɡiː]

Noun

elegī m ‎(genitive elegōrum); second declension

1. (plural only) elegy, elegiac verses

Synonyms

• elegīa

Declension

Second declension.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “elegi”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Etymology 2

See ēligō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈleː.ɡiː/, [eːˈɫeː.ɡiː]

Verb

ēlēgī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of ēligō

Portuguese

Verb

elegi

1. first-person singular preterite of eleger

Swedish

Noun

elegi c

1. elegy

Declension