Definition of Eclogoe
Ec"logue (?), n. [L. ecloga, Gr.
&?; a selection, choice extracts, fr. &?; to pick out, choose out;
&?; out + &?; to gather, choose: cf. F. égloque,
écloque. See Ex-, and Legend.] A
pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each
other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from
which the modern usage of the word has been established.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a poem in the form of a conversation between shepherds
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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