单词 | comes |
释义 | comesn. 1. Roman History. A high-ranking civil or military official of the Roman Empire; a powerful person in the service or under the leadership of an emperor or king; a high-ranking nobleman. Also: (Medieval History) a count, an earl. Cf. count n.2 Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man earleOE wyeOE freeOE nobleman?c1225 athelc1275 noblec1325 douzepersc1330 freelya1350 hathela1350 gentlec1400 nobleness1490 gentle blood1575 comes1583 altezza1595 birth1596 nobility1841 1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. xv. 407 Petronilla..was desired in marriage by Flaccus the Comes. 1672 P. Leycester Hist. Antiq. Cheshire i. iii, in Hist. Antiq. (1673) 99 The Comes had also his Vice-Comes, or Sheriff..for the Rule of his County, in those elder Ages. 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici Introd. p. lvi Have the Comitative Honour, or the same Place and Dignity which the Comites who had well discharg'd their trust, had conferr'd upon them. 1705 L. Echard Rom. Hist. III. i. 86 Romanus the Comes, employ'd all his Power to Impoverish the poor Africans, and enrich himself. 1778 G. Stuart View Society in Europe ii. i. 320 There might, indeed, be a comes who enjoyed not the property of the county, but only a part of it. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. ii. 283 That the sheriff was originally the deputy of the comes or earl. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. ii. 24 In the time of war the comites fought for their chief, at once his defenders and the rivals of his prowess. 1992 Vigiliae Christianae 46 32 The more extreme torture of [Priest] Basil [of Ancyra]..was carried out by another official, the comes Frumentinus. 2012 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 71 77/2 However, the comes Petrus..convinced his guards to let him draw close to the wall. 2. Astronomy. A smaller or fainter companion star in a binary or multiple system. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > by position > [noun] > companion companion1656 comes1782 acolyte1844 1782 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 72 161 I have used the expression double-star in a few instances... I preferred that expression to any other, such as Comes, Companion, or Satellite; because, in my opinion, it is much too soon to form any theories of small stars revolving round large ones. 1824 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 10 335 For α Eagle, +21″.60 in R. Asc. + 17″.4 in Decl. For its comes, +35″.85 12″.7. 1881 Science 2 Apr. 153/1 There is a distant six-magnitude companion, of a sea-green color, as well as three smaller comites of magnitudes, 12½, 14, and 13 respectively. 1964 D. H. Menzel Field Guide Stars & Planets v. 125 The fainter component is sometimes called a comes. 2004 B. Argyle Observing & measuring Visual Double Stars iii. 31 (table) ζ Gem. An unequal, yellow and bluish-white couple on a rich background. Tiny comes. 3. Anatomy. A blood vessel closely accompanying another blood vessel or a nerve; spec. = vena comitans n. at vena n. 4. Cf. vena comes n. at vena n. 3 Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > artery > [noun] > types of preparing vessela1618 pulmonary artery1679 arteriole1685 mammary1697 omphalomesenteric1728 collateral arteriesa1788 perforator1824 vas vasorum1848 comes1875 synangium1875 loop-artery1899 1838 J. Burns Princ. Surg. II. i. 323 The deeper lingual veins, or the comites, accompany the artery, one lying close by its upper, another by its under margin. 1875 T. Hayden Dis. Heart 7 The phrenic nerves likewise connect the pericardium with the cervical vertebræ, and their arterial comites with the subclavian arteries through the medium of the internal mammaries. 1963 Trans. Western Surg. Assoc. 70 154/2 Six brachial venous comites were used to replace brachial or axillary arteries. 2004 V. A. Fahey Vascular Nursing (ed. 4) ii. 22 In the forearm and calf, these [deep] veins usually form two venous comites that lie alongside named arteries. 4. Music. A part of a fugue introduced by the second voice, usually at a fifth above or (inversely) a fourth below the subject. Cf. answer n. 9b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [noun] > fugue > answer reply1597 answer1737 response1765 comes1838 repercussion1872 risposta1876 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 2/2 [Fugue] When the subject, or leader, or point, or dux..is comprised between the tonic and the dominant, the answer (or Comes) must be given in the notes contained between the dominant and the octave. 1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 477/2 Dux, (leader), an early term for the first subject in a fugue—that which leads; the answer being the comes or companion. 1954 G. Reese Music in Renaissance 687 It was Calvisius who..introduced the nomenclature, dux and comes. 1995 Intégral 9 38 The comes starts its note c with b of the dux. 2011 Jrnl. Musicology 28 235 The comes, which enters after two measures at the octave above, is the middle voice. 5. A book containing the epistles and gospels read at mass. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > lectionary > [noun] reading bookOE lectionary1780 comes1845 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. xi. 206 The Comes, or book of Gospels and Epistles for all the Sundays and Festivals in the year. 1932 Burlington Mag. Sept. 139/2 The manuscript concludes with a comes, or calendar. 1943 Church Hist. 12 243 A list of required knowledge..included..the Lord's Prayer..the ecclesiastical calendar, the Gospels, and the lessons of the Comes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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