eclogue

English

Alternative forms

• eclog, eglog (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English eclog, from Latin ecloga, from Ancient Greek ἐκλογή (eklogḗ, “selection”).

Noun

eclogue (plural eclogues)

1. A pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 63:

     "Every body now is making what they call portraits of themselves and of their friends. Pastoral phrases are called into requisition; and under some name just stepped out of an eclogue, our dames and cavaliers flatter themselves and their friends, and are tant soit peu maligne."

Translations

pastoral poem

• Esperanto: eklogo
• French: églogue (fr) f
• German: Ekloge (de) f
• Ido: eklogo (io)
• Italian: egloga (it) f
• Russian: экло́га (ru) (eklóga)
• Scottish Gaelic: òran-buachaill m
• Spanish: égloga (es) f