song, melody; lament, song of mourning
Ancient Greek word, found 13 times in the texts on Socratos.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.782: οἰκτίστοις ἐλέγοισιν ὀδύρεται ἐξέτι κείνου,
Euripides, The Trojan Women 119: ἐπὶ τοὺς αἰεὶ δακρύων ἐλέγους.
Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 146: μολπᾶς βοὰν ἀλύροις ἐλέγοις, αἰαῖ,