单词 | goat-nursed |
释义 | > as lemmasgoat-nursed goat-nursed adj. [in quots. ?1614 and 1725 mistakenly translating ancient Greek αἰγίοχος aegis-bearing; compare etymology at goat-fed adj.] ΚΠ ?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses iv. 67 Pray the seed of Goat-nurst Iupiter [Gk. Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο], (Diuine Athenia) to preserue your sonne; And she will saue him from confusion. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 330 We Cyclops are a race above Those air-bred people, and their goat-nurs'd Jove [Gk. Διὸς αἰγιόχου]. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh (1857) 161 The critics say that epics have died out With Agamemnon and the goat-nursed gods. 1994 R. H. Sprinkle Profession Conscience 167 Goat-nursed babies did relatively well. < as lemmas |
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