单词 | dionysian |
释义 | Dionysianadj. 1. Of or pertaining to Dionysus or Bacchus, or the Dionysia or festivals held in honour of Dionysus; = Dionysiac adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to Bacchus Bacchanal1550 Dionysiana1610 honey-lipped1647 Bacchic1669 Dionysic1831 Dionysiac1844 Dionysiacal1858 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [adjective] merryeOE jovial1607 Dionysiana1610 Anacreontic1640 jovialissime1652 festivous1654 convival1658 convivial1669 a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters (1636) 13 The Seas after the Dionysian feasts will be more smooth. 1820 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. p. xxiii The Dionysian festivals..were the great carnivals of antiquity. 2. Pertaining to or characteristic of the Elder or Younger Dionysius, tyrants of Syracuse, notorious for cruelty. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective] grimlyc893 retheeOE grim971 bitterOE bremec1175 grillc1175 grimfula1240 cruel1297 sturdy1297 fiercea1300 fellc1300 boistousa1387 felonousc1386 savagea1393 bestiala1398 bremelya1400 felona1400 hetera1400 cursedc1400 wicked14.. vengeablec1430 wolvishc1430 unnatural?1473 inhuman1481 brutisha1513 cruent1524 felonish1530 mannish1530 abominate1531 lionish1549 boarish?1550 truculent?c1550 unhumanc1550 lion-like1556 beastly1558 orped1567 raw?1573 tigerish?1573 unmanlike1579 boisterous1581 savaged1583 tiger-like1587 yond1590 truculental1593 savage wild1595 tigerous1597 inhumane1598 Neronian1598 immane1599 Phalarical1602 ungentle1603 feral1604 savagious1605 fierceful1607 Dionysian1608 wolvy1611 Hunnish1625 lionly1631 tigerly1633 savage-hearted1639 brutal1641 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 wolfish1674 tiger1763 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 Neroic1851 tigery1859 Neronic1864 unmannish1867 inhumanitarian1947 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] wrothc893 retheeOE hateleOE grim971 hardOE cruel1297 despitousc1374 savagea1393 fadea1400 hetera1400 keen?c1425 vengeablec1430 despiteful1488 unmanfula1500 despiteous?1510 cruent1524 felonish1530 Herodian1581 felly1583 savaged1583 Neronian1598 savagious1605 Dionysian1608 black-blooded1771 atrocious1772 Neroic1851 Neronic1864 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 66 Who..would not..hate..those Dionysian Tyrants in Sicilia..? 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 688/2 He..punished with Dionysian severity the slightest want of respect. 3. Pertaining to the abbot Dionysius the Little, who lived in the sixth century, and is said to have first practised the method of dating events from the birth of Christ of which he fixed the accepted date. Dionysian period, a period of 532 Julian years, after which the changes of the moon recur on the same days of the year; said to have been introduced by Dionysius for calculating the date of Easter. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > in different cultures or calendars Julian period1592 saros1613 octaeteris1645 lustrala1656 biennium1699 Dionysian period1728 Victorian cycle1728 Sothic cycle or period1828 katun1902 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Period Victorian Period, an Interval of 532 Julian Years... Some ascribe this Period to Dionysius exiguus; and hence call it the Dionysian Period. 1769 J. Horsefall in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 102 Encreased by three dionysian periods, or multiples of 28 and 19. 1861 G. F. Chambers Handbk. Descr. Astron. vi. iv. 260 The Dionysian Period is obtained by a combination of the Lunar and Solar cycles. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. ii. 14 Our received Dionysian era. 4. Of Dionysius the Areopagite (Acts xvii. 34); esp. applied to early ecclesiastical works attributed to him. ΚΠ 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 264/1 Pearson places the composition of the Dionysian writings before 340. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1608 |
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