ἐλεγεῖον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐλεγεῖον
ἐλεγεῖου
Structure:
ἐλεγει
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- a distich consisting of hexameter and pentameter, the metre of the elegy
- an elegiac poem
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἐπεὶ οὖν ἄπειροσ εἶ τῆσ τοιαύτησ θεωρίασ, μάθε παρ’ ἐμοῦ ὅτι πρῶτον μὲν ἡ τῶν κοττάβων εὑρ́εσισ Σικελική ἐστιν παιδιά, ταύτην πρώτων εὑρόντων Σικελῶν, ὡσ Κριτίασ φησὶν ὁ Καλλαίσχρου ἐν τοῖσ Ἐλεγείοισ διὰ τούτων κότταβοσ ἐκ Σικελῆσ ἐστι χθονὸσ ἐκπρεπὲσ ἔργον, ὃν σκοπὸν ἐσ λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 2 2:5)
- μνημονεύει τῶν λατάγων καὶ τῶν κοττάβων καὶ ὁ Χαλκοῦσ καλούμενοσ Διονύσιοσ ἐν τοῖσ Ἐλεγείοισ διὰ τούτων κότταβον ἐνθάδε σοι τρίτον ἑστάναι οἱ δυσέρωτεσ ἡμεῖσ προστίθεμεν γυμνασίῳ Βρομίου, κώρυκον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 7 2:1)
- "περὶ δὲ τῶν Ἀβυδηνῶνι Ἀντιφῶν ἐν τῷ κατὰ Ἀλκιβιάδου λοιδορίασ γράφει οὕτωσ ι ἐπειδὴ ἐδοκιμάσθησ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπιτρόπων, παραλαβὼν παρ’ αὐτῶν τὰ σαυτοῦ χρήματα ᾤχου ἀποπλέων εἰσ Ἄβυδον, οὔτε χρέοσ ’ἴδιον σαυτοῦ πραξόμενοσ οὐδὲν οὔτε προξενίασ οὐδεμιᾶσ ἕνεκεν, ἀλλὰ τῇ σαυτοῦ παρανομίᾳ καὶ ἀκολασίᾳ τῆσ γνώμησ ὁμοίουσ ἔργων τρόπουσ μαθησόμενοσ παρὰ τῶν ἐν Ἀβύδῳ γυναικῶν, ὅπωσ ἐν τῷ ἐπιλοίπῳ βίῳ ἔχοισ χρῆσθαι αὐτοῖσ, ἀπώλοντο δὲ καὶ Μάγνητεσ οἱ πρὸσ τῷ Μαιάνδρῳ διὰ τὸ πλέον ἀνεθῆναι, ὥσ φησι Καλλῖνοσ ἐν τοῖσ Ἐλεγείοισ καὶ Ἀρχίλοχοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:68)
- ’ καὶ Ξενοφάνησ δ’ ὁ Κολοφώνιοσ ἐν τοῖσ ἐλεγείοισ φησί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 6 1:9)
- δηλοῖ δὲ ταῦτα Κριτίασ ἐν τοῖσ ἐλεγείοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 412)