ἔλεγος
ἔλεγος,
ὁ,
A). song, melody, orig. accompanied by the flute, cf.
ἄλυρος ἔ.
E. Hel. 185 (lyr.),
IT 146 (lyr.);
Ἀσίας ἔ. ἰήϊος Id. Hyps.Fr. 3(1)i ii9 ; so
Ἔλεγοι, title of a
νόμος αὐλῳδικός,
Plu. 2.1132d ; of the
song of the nightingale,
Ar. Av. 218 (pl.);
ἔλεγον οἶτον, of the halcyon,
E. IT 1091 (lyr.); later,
lament, song of mourning,
A.R. 2.782 .
II). poem in elegiac distichs,
Call. Fr. 121 ;
ἱλαροὶ ἔ.
AP 10.19 (
Apollonid.). (Commonly derived from
ἒ ἒ λέγειν, to cry woe! woe!
EM 326.49 .)
ShortDef
a song of mourning, a lament
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἔλεγος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ελεγος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-33531
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἔλεγος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">song, melody</span>, orig. accompanied by the flute, cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἄλυρος ἔ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:185/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 185 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:146" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:146/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 146 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">Ἀσίας ἔ. ἰήϊος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hyps.Fr.</span> 3(1)i </span> <span class="bibl"> ii9 </span>; so <span class="foreign greek">Ἔλεγοι</span>, title of a <span class="foreign greek">νόμος αὐλῳδικός</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.1132d </span>; of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">song</span> of the nightingale, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:218" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:218/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 218 </a>(pl.); <span class="foreign greek">ἔλεγον οἶτον</span>, of the halcyon, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1091" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1091/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 1091 </a> (lyr.); later, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lament, song of mourning</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:782" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.782/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 2.782 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">poem in elegiac distichs</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:121/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 121 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἱλαροὶ ἔ</span>. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 10.19 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apollonid.</span></span>). (Commonly derived from <span class="foreign greek">ἒ ἒ λέγειν</span>, to cry woe! woe! <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:326:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:326.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 326.49 </a>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}