elegea

elegea
ĕlĕgīa ( ĕlĕgēa, in Ov. ĕlĕgēĭă ), ae, f., = elegeia.
I.
An elegy:

form elegia,

Quint. 10, 1, 58; 93; Stat. S. 1, 2, 7; Mart. 5, 30, 4; Aus. Parent. 7, 1;

form elegea,

Quint. 1, 8, 6;

form elegeia,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 7; 3, 9, 3; id. R. Am. 379.—
II.
A kind of reed:

est et obliqua harundo, non in excelsitatem nascens, sed juxta terram fruticis modo se spargens, suavissima in teneritate animalibus: vocatur a quibusdam elegia,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 167.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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  • ELEGEA — regiuncula trans Euphratem …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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