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.
