ἐλεγεῖον · elegeion — LSJ
distich consisting of hexameter and pentameter
The corpus record
ἐλεγεῖον
elegeion · τό
distich consisting of hexameter and pentameter
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Distribution
- Hipparchus 1 · 4.44/10k
- Against Neaera 1 · 1.1/10k
- Meno 1 · 1.02/10k
- Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k
- On the False Embassy 2 · 0.87/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9 · 0.84/10k
- Rhetoric 2 · 0.47/10k
- History 2 · 0.13/10k
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Senses
Attestations
- ἐλεγείων · elegeiōn Plato, Republic 2.368 (DIORISIS sentence 1008)
- ἐλεγεῖον · elegeion Thucydides, History 1.132.1 (DIORISIS sentence 829)
- ἐλεγεῖον · elegeion Thucydides, History 1.132.2 (DIORISIS sentence 831)
- ἐλεγεῖον · elegeion Plato, Hipparchus 228
- ἐλεγείοις · elegeiois Plato, Meno 95
- ἐλεγείων · elegeiōn Aristotle, Ars Poetica 1
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