ἐλεγεῖον
ἐλεγεῖον,
τό,
II). in pl.,
ἐλεγεῖα,,
elegiac poem or
inscription, merely in reference to the metre, not to the subject,
Pl. R. 368a ,
Arist. Rh. 1375b32 ,
Lycurg. 142 ,
D. 59.98 ; even in two hexameters,
Pherecr. 153.7 ; sg., Ps.-
Hdt. Vit.Hom. 36 .
III). a single line in an elegiac inscription, prop.
the pentameter,
Id. 2.1141a ,
Heph. 15.14 .
ShortDef
a distich consisting of hexameter and pentameter, the metre of the elegy
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Headword (normalized):
ἐλεγεῖον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ελεγειον
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-33518
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἐλεγεῖον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">distich consisting of hexameter and pentameter</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0319.tlg001:4:3D" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0319.tlg001:4.3D/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Critias</span> 4.3D. </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.132/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.132 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1447b:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1447b.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1447b12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="foreign greek">ἐλεγεῖα,</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">elegiac poem</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inscription</span>, merely in reference to the metre, not to the subject, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:368a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:368a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 368a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1375b:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1375b.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1375b32 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:142" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:142/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lycurg.</span> 142 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg059.perseus-grc1:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg059.perseus-grc1:98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 59.98 </a>; even in two hexameters, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:153:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:153.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pherecr.</span> 153.7 </a>; sg., Ps.-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vit.Hom.</span> 36 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> later, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lament, elegy</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:7:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:7:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 10.7.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tim.</span> 46 </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἐλεγεῖα· τὰ ἐπιτάφια ποιήματα</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>: in sg., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:11:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:11.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 11.14 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:1:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:1.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 1.49 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg010:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg010:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Them.</span> 8 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a single line in an elegiac inscription</span>, prop. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the pentameter</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.1141a </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1402.tlg001:15:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1402.tlg001:15.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heph.</span> 15.14 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}