trilogyn.

Brit.

/ˈtrɪlədʒi/, U.S.

/ˈtrɪlədʒi/

Etymology: < Greek τριλογία (see definition 1), < τρι- tri- comb. form + λόγος discourse: see -logy comb. form. Compare French trilogie.

1. Ancient Greek History. A series of three tragedies (originally connected in subject), performed at Athens at the festival of Dionysus.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > series of dramas > ancient Greek

tetralogy1656

trilogy1836

1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xviii. 73 A trilogy, which comprised three distinct tragedies.

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1262/2 All the plays of Æschylus, and the Henry VI. of Shakspeare, are examples of a trilogy.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 436 To three serious dramas or a trilogy..the tragic poet added a fourth or satyrical drama.

2. Any series or group of three related dramatic or other literary works.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > related series

trilogy1661

tetralogy1743

tetralogue1820

triology1837

quadrilogy1856

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > series of dramas

trilogy1661

tetralogy1743

tetralogue1820

1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Trilogie,..a speaking or writing in three parts.

1820 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. p. cxxvi That immortal Trilogy of Plato, which has been embalmed by the tears of all ages.

1850 R. C. Trench Notes Parables (ed. 2) xxii. 303 We may thus contemplate these parables under the aspect of a trilogy.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 679 The other great Platonic trilogy of the Sophist, Statesman, Philosopher.

1877 E. Dowden Shakspere (Macmillan Lit. Primers) vi. 90 The trilogy consisting of I and II Henry IV and Henry V.

3. transferred and figurative. A group of three related utterances, sayings, subjects, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > group of three > [noun] > savings, subjects, etc.

trilogy1835

1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 249 (note) What Theophrastus evidently intended for a trilogy of characters,..each rising above the other in want of shame and an absence of decency.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. v. 52 Thus they three, in wondrous trilogy, or triple soliloquy.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. viii. xxix. 581 His fundamental trilogy of Christian virtues—faith, hope, love.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trilogy
释义	trilogyn. Brit. /ˈtrɪlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈtrɪlədʒi/ Etymology: < Greek τριλογία (see definition 1), < τρι- tri- comb. form + λόγος discourse: see -logy comb. form. Compare French trilogie. 1. Ancient Greek History. A series of three tragedies (originally connected in subject), performed at Athens at the festival of Dionysus. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > series of dramas > ancient Greek tetralogy1656 trilogy1836 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xviii. 73 A trilogy, which comprised three distinct tragedies. 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1262/2 All the plays of Æschylus, and the Henry VI. of Shakspeare, are examples of a trilogy. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 436 To three serious dramas or a trilogy..the tragic poet added a fourth or satyrical drama. 2. Any series or group of three related dramatic or other literary works. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > related series trilogy1661 tetralogy1743 tetralogue1820 triology1837 quadrilogy1856 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > series of dramas trilogy1661 tetralogy1743 tetralogue1820 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Trilogie,..a speaking or writing in three parts. 1820 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. p. cxxvi That immortal Trilogy of Plato, which has been embalmed by the tears of all ages. 1850 R. C. Trench Notes Parables (ed. 2) xxii. 303 We may thus contemplate these parables under the aspect of a trilogy. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 679 The other great Platonic trilogy of the Sophist, Statesman, Philosopher. 1877 E. Dowden Shakspere (Macmillan Lit. Primers) vi. 90 The trilogy consisting of I and II Henry IV and Henry V. 3. transferred and figurative. A group of three related utterances, sayings, subjects, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > group of three > [noun] > savings, subjects, etc. trilogy1835 1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 249 (note) What Theophrastus evidently intended for a trilogy of characters,..each rising above the other in want of shame and an absence of decency. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. v. 52 Thus they three, in wondrous trilogy, or triple soliloquy. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. viii. xxix. 581 His fundamental trilogy of Christian virtues—faith, hope, love. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1661
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