elegyn.

Brit.

/ˈɛlədʒi/, U.S.

/ˈɛlədʒi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s elegie, 1500s–1600s ellegie, 1500s– elegy, 1600s elegee, 1600s elige, 1600s ellegy, 1600s elligie; also Scottish pre-1700 elygee.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French elegie.

Etymology: < Middle French elegie (French élégie ) poem of lamentation (c1500 as elegyes , plural) < classical Latin elegīa elegiac poetry < ancient Greek ἐλεγεία literary poem in elegiacs, in Hellenistic Greek also elegiac poetry as a genre < ἔλεγος sung lament, of unknown origin + -εία -y suffix³. Compare Catalan elegia (1653), Spanish elegía (15th cent.), Portuguese elegia (1563), Italian elegia (a1375). Compare earlier elegiacal adj.In sense 2b after ancient Greek ἐλεγεῖον elegiac couplet; compare classical Latin elegī (plural) elegiac verses, especially used in composing love poems.

a. A song or poem of lamentation, esp. for the dead; a memorial poem. Also as a mass noun.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > formal lamentation > dirge

elegy?1521

coronach1559

dirge1568

requiem1578

threne1593

threnos1601

death song1613

monody1623

threnody1634

throb1635

trental1648

lament1698

myriologue1824

keen1830

threnode1858

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > dirge or lament

threne?a1475

elegy?1521

dumpa1556

coronach1559

dirge1568

requiem1578

threnos1601

planctusa1612

death song1613

monody1623

threnody1634

trental1648

lament1698

myriologue1824

keen1830

planh1843

threnode1858

myrology1892

sorrow song1903

lamento1944

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lament, elegy, or dirge

threne?a1475

elegy?1521

deploration1537

coronach1559

dirge1568

requiem1578

monodia1594

threnos1601

threnody1634

monody1645

lament1698

caoine1707

whillaloo1790

keen1830

tangi1836

threnode1858

commos1879

?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Cv I tell myne elegy.

1594 M. Drayton Ideas Mirrour i. sig. B My liues complaint in doleful Elegies.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. ix. 140 The Church's song is most of it Elegy.

1680 A. Sall Let. 26 Oct. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) V. 221 How great an admirer his Grace was of your honourable mothers vertues you may see by the elegy he made on her death.

1751 T. Gray Elegy xxi. 9 Their name, their years..The place of fame and elegy supply.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvii. 174 Which song do you chuse, the Dying Swan, or the Elegy on the death of a mad dog?

1839 C. A. Murray Trav. N. Amer. II. vii. 141 I began to think, if I were to be drowned there, what would be my elegy.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxv. 12 Death's dark elegy.

1947 Life 19 May 91/2 An elegy on his cousin whose ship was torpedoed in the North Atlantic.

1994 J. Ramazani Poetry of Mourning vi. 241 Lowell elegized numerous poets..but his elegy for Berryman portrays that poet as his nearest colleague.

b. Music. A piece of instrumental music created as a lament or having a melancholic or mournful style.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > other types of piece

tinternel1573

aubade1678

nome1705

accompaniment1728

potboiler1783

raga1789

elegy1808

improvisation1824

pièce d'occasion1830

morceau de salon1854

tum-tum1859

murky1876

test-piece1876

invention1880

monodia1880

serenata1883

monody1887

dumka1895

incidental number1904

a cappella1905

folk-tune1907

realization1911

nosebleeder1921

show tune1927

sicilienne1927

estampie1937

ballad1944

Siciliana1947

hard rocker1957

rabble-rouser1958

display1959

mobile1961

soundscape1968

grower1973

lounge1978

1808 Monthly Mag. Jan. 579/1 This elegy..is given in the form of a piano-forte sonata.

1850 Musical World 13 Apr. 228/2 The sonata in two movements, in F sharp minor, by Dussek, the Elegy on the Death of Prince Ferdinand of Prussia.

1958 V. Loggins Where Word Ends 236 He composed a number of smaller works, among which was the popular elegy for piano, ‘Morte!’.

2002 W. Mellers Celestial Music xx. 179 Elgar's last two major orchestral works turn into elegies. Falstaff is a dazzling symphonic poem.

c. A piece of writing, drama, art, etc., imbued with a sense of mourning or melancholy affection for something. Chiefly with for, to.

ΚΠ

1937 Washington Post 29 Aug. b8/3 The book is an elegy for Europe, a requiem for a civilization.

1965 Guardian 28 Sept. 9 The play is an elegy to the American male.

1977 N.Y. Mag. 19 Dec. 127/2 The Lanx of Northumberland..is an elegy for the fading beauties of pagan orthodoxy.

1989 W. Taubman & J. Taubman Moscow Spring (1990) 227 The final sequence..was an elegy for the entire generation of creative intellectuals forced into emigration.

2007 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Arts section) 20 In essence, the film is an elegy—about faltering careers, damaged marriages and the brutality of chance.

†2. Prosody.

a. Elegiac metre. See elegiac adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > types of poem according to form > [noun] > poem in elegiac metre

elegy?1553

elegiac1778

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) 801 in Shorter Poems (2003) 56 And sum of thaym ad Lyram playit and sang So plesand vers quhill all the rochys rang, Metyr Saphik and also Elygee.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxiv. 39 Long lamentation in Elegie.

b. An elegiac couplet Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > couplet > elegiac couplet

elegiac distich1665

elegiac couplet1790

elegy1794

1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece II. 369 An elegy on one of these bases..signifies that the statue..was that of Philopœmen.

3. In Greek and Latin poetry: a poem written in elegiac metre (see elegiac adj. 2); (hence) a poem in another language based on or influenced by this. Also: such poems as a genre.See also love elegy n. at love n.¹ Compounds 1.In Greek and Latin literature elegiac metre was used for poetry expressing personal sentiments on a range of subjects, including epigrams, laments, sympotic poetry, and (in Rome) love poetry. Poets noted for their use of elegiac metre include the Greek poets Mimnermus, Callinus, Theognis, and Archilochus; and the Latin poets Catullus, Propertius, Ovid, and Martial. In English literature the term elegy describes poetry of various types (e.g. see quots. 1755, a1834, and 1859), but since the 18th cent. it has been particularly used to refer to reflective poetry written in elegiac quatrains (elegiac quatrain n. at elegiac adj. and n. Compounds), as typified by Thomas Gray's An Elegy, wrote in a Country Church-yard (1751).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > sad poem

elegy1559

melancholy1596

epode1646

1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale v. f. 93^v Aurelius Propertius in a wittie Elegie [L. Elegia] complaineth for the death of one Petus.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries xv. f. cci Thus did he [sc. Clemente Marotte] translate certen thinges couertly, out of Tibullus, Propertius, and Ouide into hys owne elegies [L. ad suum institutum].

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall x. sig. E.iv^v So Varie makes his Elegies [L. epos], of quicke and lyuely myght, And Uirgile, well in rurall ryme, His gamesome Muse can dight.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 350 There is a man..hangs..Elegies on brambles..defying the name of Rosalinde.

1680 J. Dryden in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Epist. Pref. sig. A3^v The Lasciviousness of his [sc. Ovid's] Elegies.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 330 A subject affording many poetical Turns..in a Heroic Elegy.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Elegy, a short poem without points or turns.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. & Lett. (1768) I. 17 They gave the name of elegy to their pleasantries as well as lamentations.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) II. 268 Elegy..may treat of any subject, but..of no subject for itself..always and exclusively with reference to the poet.

1859 C. Kingsley Burns in Misc. I. 379 The poet descends from the..dramatic domain of song, into the subjective and reflective one of elegy.

1914 K. P. Harrington Rom. Elegiac Poets 15 Like most other forms of Roman literature, elegy is deeply indebted to Greece for both its form and its content.

1935 Mod. Philol. 32 301 The elegy of the latter half of the eighteenth century, restricted almost to one meter and yet exhibiting a range of theme unprecedented in the history of the type, was the creation of three poets—James Hammond, William Shenstone, and Thomas Gray.

1973 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 94 8 The most substantial model seems to be an elegy of Theognis.

2002 R. Flannagan John Milton 15 Milton wrote Latin elegies in the style of Ovid.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	elegy
释义	elegyn. Brit. /ˈɛlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈɛlədʒi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s elegie, 1500s–1600s ellegie, 1500s– elegy, 1600s elegee, 1600s elige, 1600s ellegy, 1600s elligie; also Scottish pre-1700 elygee. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French elegie. Etymology: < Middle French elegie (French élégie ) poem of lamentation (c1500 as elegyes , plural) < classical Latin elegīa elegiac poetry < ancient Greek ἐλεγεία literary poem in elegiacs, in Hellenistic Greek also elegiac poetry as a genre < ἔλεγος sung lament, of unknown origin + -εία -y suffix³. Compare Catalan elegia (1653), Spanish elegía (15th cent.), Portuguese elegia (1563), Italian elegia (a1375). Compare earlier elegiacal adj.In sense 2b after ancient Greek ἐλεγεῖον elegiac couplet; compare classical Latin elegī (plural) elegiac verses, especially used in composing love poems. 1. a. A song or poem of lamentation, esp. for the dead; a memorial poem. Also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > formal lamentation > dirge elegy?1521 coronach1559 dirge1568 requiem1578 threne1593 threnos1601 death song1613 monody1623 threnody1634 throb1635 trental1648 lament1698 myriologue1824 keen1830 threnode1858 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > dirge or lament threne?a1475 elegy?1521 dumpa1556 coronach1559 dirge1568 requiem1578 threnos1601 planctusa1612 death song1613 monody1623 threnody1634 trental1648 lament1698 myriologue1824 keen1830 planh1843 threnode1858 myrology1892 sorrow song1903 lamento1944 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lament, elegy, or dirge threne?a1475 elegy?1521 deploration1537 coronach1559 dirge1568 requiem1578 monodia1594 threnos1601 threnody1634 monody1645 lament1698 caoine1707 whillaloo1790 keen1830 tangi1836 threnode1858 commos1879 ?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Cv I tell myne elegy. 1594 M. Drayton Ideas Mirrour i. sig. B My liues complaint in doleful Elegies. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. ix. 140 The Church's song is most of it Elegy. 1680 A. Sall Let. 26 Oct. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) V. 221 How great an admirer his Grace was of your honourable mothers vertues you may see by the elegy he made on her death. 1751 T. Gray Elegy xxi. 9 Their name, their years..The place of fame and elegy supply. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvii. 174 Which song do you chuse, the Dying Swan, or the Elegy on the death of a mad dog? 1839 C. A. Murray Trav. N. Amer. II. vii. 141 I began to think, if I were to be drowned there, what would be my elegy. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxv. 12 Death's dark elegy. 1947 Life 19 May 91/2 An elegy on his cousin whose ship was torpedoed in the North Atlantic. 1994 J. Ramazani Poetry of Mourning vi. 241 Lowell elegized numerous poets..but his elegy for Berryman portrays that poet as his nearest colleague. b. Music. A piece of instrumental music created as a lament or having a melancholic or mournful style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > other types of piece tinternel1573 aubade1678 nome1705 accompaniment1728 potboiler1783 raga1789 elegy1808 improvisation1824 pièce d'occasion1830 morceau de salon1854 tum-tum1859 murky1876 test-piece1876 invention1880 monodia1880 serenata1883 monody1887 dumka1895 incidental number1904 a cappella1905 folk-tune1907 realization1911 nosebleeder1921 show tune1927 sicilienne1927 estampie1937 ballad1944 Siciliana1947 hard rocker1957 rabble-rouser1958 display1959 mobile1961 soundscape1968 grower1973 lounge1978 1808 Monthly Mag. Jan. 579/1 This elegy..is given in the form of a piano-forte sonata. 1850 Musical World 13 Apr. 228/2 The sonata in two movements, in F sharp minor, by Dussek, the Elegy on the Death of Prince Ferdinand of Prussia. 1958 V. Loggins Where Word Ends 236 He composed a number of smaller works, among which was the popular elegy for piano, ‘Morte!’. 2002 W. Mellers Celestial Music xx. 179 Elgar's last two major orchestral works turn into elegies. Falstaff is a dazzling symphonic poem. c. A piece of writing, drama, art, etc., imbued with a sense of mourning or melancholy affection for something. Chiefly with for, to. ΚΠ 1937 Washington Post 29 Aug. b8/3 The book is an elegy for Europe, a requiem for a civilization. 1965 Guardian 28 Sept. 9 The play is an elegy to the American male. 1977 N.Y. Mag. 19 Dec. 127/2 The Lanx of Northumberland..is an elegy for the fading beauties of pagan orthodoxy. 1989 W. Taubman & J. Taubman Moscow Spring (1990) 227 The final sequence..was an elegy for the entire generation of creative intellectuals forced into emigration. 2007 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Arts section) 20 In essence, the film is an elegy—about faltering careers, damaged marriages and the brutality of chance. †2. Prosody. a. Elegiac metre. See elegiac adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > types of poem according to form > [noun] > poem in elegiac metre elegy?1553 elegiac1778 ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) 801 in Shorter Poems (2003) 56 And sum of thaym ad Lyram playit and sang So plesand vers quhill all the rochys rang, Metyr Saphik and also Elygee. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxiv. 39 Long lamentation in Elegie. b. An elegiac couplet Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > couplet > elegiac couplet elegiac distich1665 elegiac couplet1790 elegy1794 1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece II. 369 An elegy on one of these bases..signifies that the statue..was that of Philopœmen. 3. In Greek and Latin poetry: a poem written in elegiac metre (see elegiac adj. 2); (hence) a poem in another language based on or influenced by this. Also: such poems as a genre.See also love elegy n. at love n.¹ Compounds 1.In Greek and Latin literature elegiac metre was used for poetry expressing personal sentiments on a range of subjects, including epigrams, laments, sympotic poetry, and (in Rome) love poetry. Poets noted for their use of elegiac metre include the Greek poets Mimnermus, Callinus, Theognis, and Archilochus; and the Latin poets Catullus, Propertius, Ovid, and Martial. In English literature the term elegy describes poetry of various types (e.g. see quots. 1755, a1834, and 1859), but since the 18th cent. it has been particularly used to refer to reflective poetry written in elegiac quatrains (elegiac quatrain n. at elegiac adj. and n. Compounds), as typified by Thomas Gray's An Elegy, wrote in a Country Church-yard (1751). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > sad poem elegy1559 melancholy1596 epode1646 1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale v. f. 93^v Aurelius Propertius in a wittie Elegie [L. Elegia] complaineth for the death of one Petus. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries xv. f. cci Thus did he [sc. Clemente Marotte] translate certen thinges couertly, out of Tibullus, Propertius, and Ouide into hys owne elegies [L. ad suum institutum]. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall x. sig. E.iv^v So Varie makes his Elegies [L. epos], of quicke and lyuely myght, And Uirgile, well in rurall ryme, His gamesome Muse can dight. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 350 There is a man..hangs..Elegies on brambles..defying the name of Rosalinde. View more context for this quotation 1680 J. Dryden in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Epist. Pref. sig. A3^v The Lasciviousness of his [sc. Ovid's] Elegies. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 330 A subject affording many poetical Turns..in a Heroic Elegy. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Elegy, a short poem without points or turns. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. & Lett. (1768) I. 17 They gave the name of elegy to their pleasantries as well as lamentations. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) II. 268 Elegy..may treat of any subject, but..of no subject for itself..always and exclusively with reference to the poet. 1859 C. Kingsley Burns in Misc. I. 379 The poet descends from the..dramatic domain of song, into the subjective and reflective one of elegy. 1914 K. P. Harrington Rom. Elegiac Poets 15 Like most other forms of Roman literature, elegy is deeply indebted to Greece for both its form and its content. 1935 Mod. Philol. 32 301 The elegy of the latter half of the eighteenth century, restricted almost to one meter and yet exhibiting a range of theme unprecedented in the history of the type, was the creation of three poets—James Hammond, William Shenstone, and Thomas Gray. 1973 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 94 8 The most substantial model seems to be an elegy of Theognis. 2002 R. Flannagan John Milton 15 Milton wrote Latin elegies in the style of Ovid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1521
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