elegeon

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.leˈɡeː.on/, [ɛɫ̪ɛˈɡeːɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.leˈd͡ʒe.on/, [eleˈd͡ʒɛːon]

Noun

elegēon n (genitive elegēī); second declension

1. Alternative form of elegīon
   • c. 310 CE – c. 394 CE, Ausonius, Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 94.2:

     Punica turgentes redimibat zona papillas / Hermiones: zonae textum elegeon erat:

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	elegēon	elegēa
Genitive	elegēī	elegēōrum
Dative	elegēō	elegēīs
Accusative	elegēon	elegēa
Ablative	elegēō	elegēīs
Vocative	elegēon	elegēa

References

• “elegeon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• elegeon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.