transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌelɪˈdʒaɪək ]
adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of a metre) used for elegies. 2 mournful. --n. (in pl.) verses in an elegiac metre. øelegiac couplet a pair of lines consisting of a dactylic hexameter and a pentameter, esp. in Greek and Latin verse. øøelegiacally adv. [F ÷l÷giaque or f. LL elegiacus f. Gk elegeiakos: see ELEGY]