trilogy English · revision 15377

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1661|origins=grc τρεῖς, grc λόγος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈtɹɪləd͡ʒi/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|τριλογία|tr=trilogía|t=a series of three related tragedies]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|grc|τρι-|tr=tri-|t=three]] and [[m|grc|λόγος|tr=lógos|t=story, speech]] (see [[-logy]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A speech or writing in three parts: 1661, in Blount's ''Glossographia'', in Barnhart and the OED, the 1660s in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In ancient Athens a trilogy was a series of three tragedies performed together at the festival of Dionysus, originally forming stages of one story;^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) the OED's first quotation for this sense is from 1836.^(OED 1989) Any series of three related literary or dramatic works is from 1661,^(OED 1989) and a group of three related things more widely from 1835.^(OED 1989) Hoad dates the general English use to the 19th century.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1661 – a work in three parts.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1835 – any group of three.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1836 – a Greek trilogy.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A series of three related books, plays or films.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # In [[ancient Greece]], a series of three [[tragedy|alt=tragedies]] performed together at the festival of Dionysus.^(Collins 2023)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tetralogy]]

+ * [[trio]]

+ * [[triad]]

+ * [[-logy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}