| 释义 |
‖ Ate|ˈeɪtiː|
[L., a. Gr. ἄτη.]
Infatuation, mad impulse; personified by the Greeks as goddess of mischief and authoress of rash destructive deeds.
1587Golding De Mornay xvii. 271 Homer speaketh of a Goddesse whom he calleth Até, that is Waste, Losse, or Destruction. 1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely ii. ix. 405 Ill newes flyes apace, the Ate still out-running the Litae. 1725Pope Iliad xix. 92 Not by myself but vengeful Ate driven. 1819Byron Proph. Dante i. 117 Death and Até range O'er humbled heads. |