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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
- IPA(key): /é.le.ɡos/ → /ˈe.le.ɣos/ → /ˈe.le.ɣos/
Noun
ἔλεγος • (élegos) m (genitive ἐλέγου); second declension
- mourning song accompanied by a flute
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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 (2006–2024)
- 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