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‖ iˈdyllium, -on Obs.
Also 6 idilion. Pl. idyllia (-ums, -ons).
[a. L. īdyllium, a. Gr. εἰδύλλιον: see idyll.]
= idyll.
1579E. K. Gloss. Spenser's Sheph. Cal. Aug., Such pretie descriptions..vseth Theocritus, to bring in his Idyllia. Ibid. Oct., This æglogue is made in imitation of Theocritus his xvi. Idilion. 1647H. More Poems Pref., Every Poem is an Idyllium. 1717Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to Pope 1 Apr., Theocritus..I do not doubt, had he been born a Briton, but his Idylliums had been filled with descriptions of thrashing and churning. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., Theocritus is the oldest author who has written idyllions. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. (1861) 51 To sing, in soft Bucolic or negligent Idyllium, the rural beauties of the scene. |