eclogue

[ ek-lawg, -log ]

noun

1. a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form.

eclogue

/ ˈɛklɒɡ /

noun

1. a pastoral or idyllic poem, usually in the form of a conversation or soliloquy

Word History and Origins

Origin of eclogue¹

1400–50; late Middle English eclog < Latin ecloga < Greek eklogḗ selection, akin to eklégein to select; ec-

Word History and Origins

Origin of eclogue¹

C15: from Latin ecloga short poem, collection of extracts, from Greek eklogē selection, from eklegein to select; see eclectic

Example Sentences

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that filmmakers Patrick Ross and Joshua Nathan will show a portion of their film, “Kansas: An Eclogue,” at Lawrence’s Watkins Museum of History on Friday.

From Washington Times

Back in the Middle Ages, his Fourth Eclogue had been thought to predict the birth of Christ; by the time of Pope, Johnson and other neoclassicists, “The Aeneid” was practically a sacred text, a majestic argument for self-discipline, religious obedience and sacrifice.

From Washington Post

"In the face of weapons of war, my songs avail as much as doves in the face of eagles," he wrote in Eclogue 9.

From BBC

The new condominium is a project by the New Jersey developer Victor Homes, a unit of Eclogue Management of Israel; the interior and exterior were designed by the architecture firm ODA.

From New York Times

But the moment that the Count turned the angle of the rock which we have mentioned, and on the top of which stood the large evergreen oak, from which it took its name, he beheld a group which might well have furnished a picture for a Phyllis and a Corydon to any pastoral poet that ever penned an idyl or an eclogue.

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