ἔλεγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A Phrygian origin was considered by Hommel. However, Beekes prefers a Pre-Greek origin. Has also been compared to Old Armenian եղէգն (ełēgn, “reed”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.le.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.le.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.le.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.le.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.le.ɣos/
Noun
ἔλεγος • (élegos) m (genitive ἐλέγου); second declension
- mourning song accompanied by a flute
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἔλεγος; τοῦ ἐλέγου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἔλεγος ho élegos | τὼ ἐλέγω tṑ elégō | οἱ ἔλεγοι hoi élegoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐλέγου toû elégou | τοῖν ἐλέγοιν toîn elégoin | τῶν ἐλέγων tôn elégōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐλέγῳ tôi elégōi | τοῖν ἐλέγοιν toîn elégoin | τοῖς ἐλέγοις toîs elégois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἔλεγον tòn élegon | τὼ ἐλέγω tṑ elégō | τοὺς ἐλέγους toùs elégous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔλεγε élege | ἐλέγω elégō | ἔλεγοι élegoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā)
- ἐλεγεῖον (elegeîon)
- ἐλεγῐ́ᾰμβος (elegíambos)
- ἐλεγῖνος (elegînos)
Further reading
- “ἔλεγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔλεγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔλεγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔλεγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἔλεγος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 404