Definitions for eclogue

eclogue ec·logue

Spelling: [ek-lawg, -log]
IPA: /ˈɛk lɔg, -lɒg/

Eclogue is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in eclogue (ceeglou).

Definitions for eclogue

noun

  1. a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form.

Origin of eclogue

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

Examples for eclogue

Other shepherds appear on the scene, and the act ends with an eclogue.

A translation of the first eclogue of Virgil had even preceded this.

It is by this art that Virgil frequently exalts the eclogue.

Passing to the 'September' we find an eclogue of the 'wise shepherd' type.

The opening lines of the fifth eclogue may serve as an example.

Sismondi14 regards this work as an eclogue rather than a drama.

This is the Gallus in honour of whom Virgil composed his tenth eclogue.

The eclogue had passed out of its infancy in the work of Theocritus.'

This and the first eclogue seem to have been written on the same occasion.

In the third eclogue of Virgil we have two rivals and an umpire.

Word Value for eclogue
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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