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語源

From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).

発音

• (General American, Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA: /ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/
• ハイフネーション: el‧e‧gy

名詞

elegy (plural elegies)

1. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. [from early 16th c.]

   funeral elegy

   pastoral elegy

   solemn elegy

   He composed an elegy for his late friend.

2. (music) A composition of mournful character.
3. A classical poem written in elegiac meter

使用する際の注意点

Because the words elegy and eulogy sound and look similar and both concern speeches or poems associated with someone's death and funeral, they are easily confused. A simple key to remembering the difference is that an elegy is chiefly about lamenting whereas a eulogy is chiefly about praising (and eu- = "good").

同意語

• monody. See dirge

等位語

• jeremiad — prose or poem but with more emphasis on bitterness and impending doom
• requiem — a piece of music played at a mass for the dead

派生語

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Elegy”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 82, column 1.

アナグラム

• lyege