ἔλεγος,ὁ,
A. song, melody, orig. accompanied by the flute, cf.ἄλυρος ἔ. E. Hel. 185 (lyr.), IT 146 (lyr.); Ἀσίας ἔ. ἰήϊος
Id. Hyps.Fr. 3(1)i
ii9 ; soἜλεγοι, title of aνόμος αὐλῳδικός, Plu. 2.1132d ; of thesongof the nightingale, Ar. Av. 218 (pl.);ἔλεγον οἶτον, of the halcyon, E. IT 1091 (lyr.); later,lament, song of mourning, A.R. 2.782 .
II. poem in elegiac distichs, Call. Fr. 121 ;ἱλαροὶ ἔ. AP 10.19 ( Apollonid. ). (Commonly derived fromἒ ἒ λέγειν, to cry woe! woe! EM 326.49 .)