transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌe-lə-ˈjī-ək, -ˌak also ]
i-ˈlē-jē-ˌak adjective
also el·e·gi·a·cal ˌe-lə-ˈjī-ə-kəl
Etymology: Late Latin elegiacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeion
Date: 1542
1.
a. : of, relating to, or consisting of two dactylic hexameter lines the second of which lacks the arsis in the third and sixth feet
b.
(1) : written in or consisting of elegiac couplets
(2) : noted for having written poetry in such couplets
c. : of or relating to the period in Greece about the seventh century B.C. when poetry written in such couplets flourished
2. : of, relating to, or comprising elegy or an elegy ; especially : expressing sorrow often for something now past
an elegiac lament for departed youth
• elegiac noun
• el·e·gi·a·cal·ly ˌe-lə-ˈjī-ə-k(ə-)lē adverb