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ec⋅logue

  [ek-lawg, -log]
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–noun
a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME eclog < L ecloga < Gk eklog selection, akin to eklégein to select; see ec-
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ec·logue   (ěk'lôg', -lŏg')   
n.  A pastoral poem, usually in the form of a dialogue between shepherds.

[Middle English eclog, from Latin ecloga, from Greek eklogē, selection, from eklegein, to select; see eclectic.]
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eclogue 
"short poem," especially a pastoral dialogue, 1514, from L. ecloga, from Gk. ekloge "selection," from eklegein "to select" (see eclectic).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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