ε774Ἔλεγος
elegy
[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…
Ἔλεγος· θρῆνος. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἒ ἒ λέγειν. ἢ οἱ πρὸς αὐλὸν ᾀδόμενοι θρῆνοι· τὸν γὰρ αὐλὸν πένθιμον ὑπειλῆφθαι. ἢ ὅτι πρὸς αὐλὸν ᾔδοντο οἱ θρῆνοι, τουτέστιν οἱ ἔλεγοι. τὸν δὲ αὐλὸν…