elegy

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

1. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
2. A composition of mournful character.
3. A classical poem written in elegiac meter

Sinonimai

dirge

lament

funeral song

threnody

lamentation

requiem

lay

sad song

mournful melody

jeremiad

sad tune

plaintive melody

Brūkšnelis kaip

el‧e‧gy

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).