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Ἐλεγεῖον · elegaic, elegiac (ε 773) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε773

ε769Helos
ε770to need hellebore
ε771hellebore
ε772to be angry
ε773elegaic, elegiac
ε774elegy
ε775reproach
ε776most worthy of reproof, very worthy of reproof
ε777we reproach, we test

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε773

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Ἐλεγεῖον

elegaic, elegiac

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Mar 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
meter and music
poetry

2 notes · 13 words

Translation

A particular meter.¹
Also [sc. attested is] e)legei/an ["elegy, poem"] in the feminine.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐλεγεῖον· μέτρον τι. καὶ Ἐλεγείαν θηλυκῶς.

Betacode

*)elegei=on: me/tron ti. kai\ *)elegei/an qhlukw=s.

Notes (2)

cf. epsilon 772, epsilon 774.
1a.k.a. elegiac/elegiac couplet (a hexameter plus a pentameter). ↩
2(And, here, the accusative case.) For this equivalence see e.g. Plutarch, Solon 8.2.

Linked from2 entries

ε772Ἐλεγείνεινto be angrySome of the ancients [say that this means] to be out of one's mind, and some think that the elegiac meter is named from this, because Theocles of Naxos or Eretria first cried out [in] it when he was mad.
ε774Ἔλεγοςelegy[Meaning] a lament. [The term arises] from saying "e e". Or the laments sung to [sc. the accompaniment of] a pipe [aulos]; for the aulos is considered mournful. Or because the laments, that is the elegies, were sung to…

Neighbouring entries

ε771Ἑλλέβορονhellebore ε772Ἐλεγείνεινto be angry ε773Ἐλεγεῖονelegaic, elegiac ε774Ἔλεγοςelegy ε775Ἐλέγχειαreproach

Revision history4 revisions · last 16 Dec 2015

16 Dec 2015further tweaks — David Whitehead
16 Dec 2015coding — David Whitehead
12 Aug 2012Revised — David Whitehead
24 Mar 2003added notes and keyword — David Whitehead
24 Mar 2003Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐλεγεῖον (Adler number epsilon 773), trans. Catharine Roth, 24 Mar 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/773

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗