ἐλεγειακός
From LSJ
τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐνέπεσεν → out of the frying pan into the fire, from the frying pan into the fire
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A elegiac, πεντάμετρον D.H.Comp.25, cf.Heph.1.5; written in distichs, ἐπίνικον Ath.4.144e, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 793] elegisch; πεντάμετρον Dion. Hal. de C. V. 25; ἐπινίκιον Ath. IV, 144 e; βιβλία XIII, 597 a.