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ἔλεγος

elegos

distichon

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1. ἔλεγος · elegos — Beekes

ἔλεγος [m.] ‘mourning song (accompanied by flutey (E., Ar.). *COMP Compounds ἰαμβ-ἔλεγος and ἐλεγιίαμβος, names of verses (gramm.); see Risch IF 59 (1949): 284f. *DER ἐλεγεῖον a verse, ‘distichon’, and a poem following this scheme; poetical ‘inscription’ (Att, etc.) with ἐλεγειο-ποιός, -γράφος (Arist.); diminutives éhey(e)idiov and ἐλεγ(εγιδάριον (late); adj. ἐλεγειακός (Ὁ. H., Ath); also ἐλεγεία (Str, Plu.) … — [Beekes, s.v. ἔλεγος, p. 451]

2. ἔλεγος · elegos — Chantraine

ἔλεγος : m. «chant de deuil » accompagné de flûte (E., Ar.}, poème en distique élégiaque (Call., etc.). Seuls composés ἰαμδέλεγος et ἐλεγίαμδος nom de deux types de vers, Cf. Risch, IF 59, 1949, 284 sqq. Dérivés : ἐλεγεῖον n. « distique élégiaque », généralement employé au pluriel (PI, etc.), d’où «élégie, poème de — 334 — deuil », etc. (Paus., etc.). Sur le sens de ἔλεγος et ἐλεγεῖον v. Dover, Archiloque, Enir. … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἔλεγος, p. 348]

3. Ἐλέγος · Elegos — Chantraine

Ἐλέγος : dans λέγαι γυναῖκες « femmes lascives » [?] {Archil. 246 W = 308 Bonnard-Lasserre) cité par EM, Zonar : ᾿Επαφρόδιτος δὲ παρὰ τὸ λέχος λεχαίνειν, τὸ λέχους ἐπιθυμεῖν καὶ κατὰ τροπὴν λεγαίνειν ἔνθεν ᾿Αρχίλοχος ..... ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀκόλαστοι, — [Chantraine, s.v. Ἐλέγος, p. 642]

4. ἔλεγος · elegos — Frisk

ἔλεγος ın. “Klagelied, Trauergesang mit Flötenbegleitung’ (vorw. poet. seit E., Ar.). Komp. ἰαμβ-έλεγος und ἐλεγ-ίαμβος Ben. zweier Verse (Gramm.), vgl. Risch IF 59, 284f. — Ableitungen: ἐλεγεῖον Versmaß, “Distichon’, ein in diesem Versmaß abgefaßtes Gedicht, poet. “Inschrift” überhaupt (att. usw.) mit ἐλεγειο-ποιός, -yodpos (Arist. u.a.); Deminutiva EAeyle)idıov und Eieylfe)ıödgıor (sp.); Adj. ἐλεγειακός (Ὁ. H., … — [Frisk, s.v. ἔλεγος, p. 518]

5. ἔλεγος · elegos — Frisk

ἔλεγος. Zur Bed. v. Dover Archiloque. Entretiens Fondation Hardt 10 (1964) 187ff., zur vermuteten klemasiat. Herkunft Scherer ebd. 90. — [Frisk, s.v. ἔλεγος, p. 2211]

6. ἔλεγος · elegos — LSJ

song, melody, song, lament, song of mourning

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)iii9; so Ἔλεγοι, title of a νόμος αὐλῳδικός, Plu. Mus. 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

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.)

7. ἐληγός · elēgos — LSJ

oil-merchant

oil-merchant, OGI 521.25 (v/vi A.D.).

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἔλεγος (scan p. 451; entry #1994).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἔλεγος (scan p. 348; entry #2401).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἔλεγος (scan p. 518; entry #1835).

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