allegoria

allegoria

See also: al·legoria

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: al‧le‧go‧ri‧a

Noun

allegoria

1. allegory

Declension

Inflection of allegoria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		allegoria	allegoriat
genitive		allegorian	allegorioiden allegorioitten
partitive		allegoriaa	allegorioita
illative		allegoriaan	allegorioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		allegoria	allegoriat
accusative	nom.	allegoria	allegoriat
	gen.	allegorian
genitive		allegorian	allegorioiden allegorioitten allegoriainrare
partitive		allegoriaa	allegorioita
inessive		allegoriassa	allegorioissa
elative		allegoriasta	allegorioista
illative		allegoriaan	allegorioihin
adessive		allegorialla	allegorioilla
ablative		allegorialta	allegorioilta
allative		allegorialle	allegorioille
essive		allegoriana	allegorioina
translative		allegoriaksi	allegorioiksi
instructive		—	allegorioin
abessive		allegoriatta	allegorioitta
comitative		—	allegorioineen

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Italian

Noun

allegoria f (plural allegorie)

1. allegory
2. parable

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /al.leːˈɡo.ri.a/, [al.leːˈɡɔ.ri.a]

Noun

allēgoria f (genitive allēgoriae); first declension

1. allegory
2. parable

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	allēgoria	allēgoriae
Genitive	allēgoriae	allēgoriārum
Dative	allēgoriae	allēgoriīs
Accusative	allēgoriam	allēgoriās
Ablative	allēgoriā	allēgoriīs
Vocative	allēgoria	allēgoriae

Descendants

• Czech: alegorie
• English: allegory
• Finnish: allegoria
• French: allégorie
• Italian: allegoria
• Lithuanian: alegorija
• Polish: alegoria
• Portuguese: alegoria
• Russian: аллего́рия f (allegórija)
• Serbo-Croatian: alegorija
• Spanish: alegoría

References

• allegoria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• allegoria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette