Demosthenianadj.

Brit.

/ˌdiːməsˈθiːnɪən/, U.S.

/ˌdiməsˈθiniən/

Forms:

α. 1600s– Demosthenian.

β. 1800s– Demosthenean Brit. /dəˌmɒsθəˈniːən/, U.S. /dəˌmɑsθəˈniən/.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek Δημοσθένειος , -an suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek Δημοσθένειος Demosthenic ( < ancient Greek Δημοσθένης Demosthenes (see Demosthenic adj.) + -ειος , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix; compare -ian suffix.With the β. forms compare -ean suffix.

= Demosthenic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [adjective] > rhetorical > of specific styles

Rhodian1610

Demosthenian1620

Demosthenical1652

Demosthenic1748

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote xxxii. 213 To paint and carue her in tables of Marble and Brasse, and Ciceronian and Demosthenian [Sp. Demostina] Rhetoricke to praise her.

a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. ii. xv. 169 An enterprize worthy to employ..Ciceronian and Demosthenian rhetoric.

1807 J. Mackintosh Jrnl. 15 Jan. in Mem. Life Sir J. Mackintosh (1835) I. 323 He [sc. Fox] was the most Demosthenean speaker since Demosthenes.

1834 Deb. Congr. U.S. 10 Mar. 843 This Demosthenian pouring-out of the shreds and patches of old Grecian orations.

1882 Q. Rev. Apr. 399 It may sound paradoxical, but we will venture to assert that there is nothing in our literature more Demosthenean in style and method than the ‘Drapier Letters’.

1918 Eng. Jrnl. 7 646 It was a perfect specimen of the Demosthenian oration in structure; it had all the interest of a Sherlock Holmes or Poe mystery story.

2010 D. S. Wilson-Okamura Virgil in Renaissance iv. 135 The contrast between Demosthenean pointedness and Ciceronian fullness comes from Quintilian.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	demosthenian
释义	Demosthenianadj. Brit. /ˌdiːməsˈθiːnɪən/, U.S. /ˌdiməsˈθiniən/ Forms: α. 1600s– Demosthenian. β. 1800s– Demosthenean Brit. /dəˌmɒsθəˈniːən/, U.S. /dəˌmɑsθəˈniən/. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek Δημοσθένειος , -an suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek Δημοσθένειος Demosthenic ( < ancient Greek Δημοσθένης Demosthenes (see Demosthenic adj.) + -ειος , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix; compare -ian suffix.With the β. forms compare -ean suffix. = Demosthenic adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [adjective] > rhetorical > of specific styles Rhodian1610 Demosthenian1620 Demosthenical1652 Demosthenic1748 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote xxxii. 213 To paint and carue her in tables of Marble and Brasse, and Ciceronian and Demosthenian [Sp. Demostina] Rhetoricke to praise her. a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. ii. xv. 169 An enterprize worthy to employ..Ciceronian and Demosthenian rhetoric. 1807 J. Mackintosh Jrnl. 15 Jan. in Mem. Life Sir J. Mackintosh (1835) I. 323 He [sc. Fox] was the most Demosthenean speaker since Demosthenes. 1834 Deb. Congr. U.S. 10 Mar. 843 This Demosthenian pouring-out of the shreds and patches of old Grecian orations. 1882 Q. Rev. Apr. 399 It may sound paradoxical, but we will venture to assert that there is nothing in our literature more Demosthenean in style and method than the ‘Drapier Letters’. 1918 Eng. Jrnl. 7 646 It was a perfect specimen of the Demosthenian oration in structure; it had all the interest of a Sherlock Holmes or Poe mystery story. 2010 D. S. Wilson-Okamura Virgil in Renaissance iv. 135 The contrast between Demosthenean pointedness and Ciceronian fullness comes from Quintilian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1620
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