elegiacus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós). By surface analysis, elegīa +‎ -acus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.ɫɛˈɡiː.a.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.leˈd͡ʒiː.a.kus] === Adjective === elegīacus (feminine elegīaca, neuter elegīacum); first/second-declension adjective (relational) elegiac, pertaining to the elegy ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → French: élégiaque (learned) === 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.