单词 | de profundis |
释义 | > as lemmasde profundis 7. de profundis, the first words of the Latin version of Psalm 130 (129) = ‘Out of the depths (have I cried)’; hence substantively: (a) the name of this psalm; (b) a psalm of penitence; (c) a cry from the depths of sorrow, misery, or degradation. [ < post-classical Latin de profundis out of the depths, the opening words of Psalm 130 (more fully de profundis clamavi out of the depths have I cried) < classical Latin de de prep. + profundīs , ablative plural (used as noun) of profundus profound adj.] ΚΠ 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 18 Saying De profundis for me, for my fader and my moder. 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 215 With De profundis fend the, and that failye. 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. A2v Let subiects for all their insolence, dedicate a De profundis euerie morning to the preseruation of their Cæsar. 1890 Open Court 10 Apr. 2204/2 The Labor cry, the new De Profundis, the passionate psalm of the workers appealing out of the depths of misery and degradation for more wages and less hours of daily toil. < as lemmas |
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