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ἔλεγος

elegos

song, melody

Appears 163 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

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)iii9; 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.)
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