Hymettianadj.

/hʌɪˈmɛtɪən/

Etymology: < Latin Hymettius ( < Hymettus, Greek Ὑμηττός) + -ian suffix.

Of or belonging to Mount Hymettus in Attica, famous in antiquity for its honey and marble; hence poetic honeyed, sweet (cf. Hyblaean adj.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] > like, as, or with honey > of or belonging to Mount Hymettus

Hymettian1601

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > spec

Idaean1590

Hymettian1601

Sinaica1769

Sinaitic1786

Snowdoniana1822

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. i. 499 Foure goodly pillars of Hymettian Marble.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 908 He that will make a good mixture of wine and honey, must mingle with new Hymettian Honey, old Falernian Wine.

1795 S. T. Coleridge To R. B. Sheridan in Poet. Wks. (1912) I. 88 Thy temples with Hymettian flow'rets wreath'd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	hymettian
释义	Hymettianadj. /hʌɪˈmɛtɪən/ Etymology: < Latin Hymettius ( < Hymettus, Greek Ὑμηττός) + -ian suffix. Of or belonging to Mount Hymettus in Attica, famous in antiquity for its honey and marble; hence poetic honeyed, sweet (cf. Hyblaean adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] > like, as, or with honey > of or belonging to Mount Hymettus Hymettian1601 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > spec Idaean1590 Hymettian1601 Sinaica1769 Sinaitic1786 Snowdoniana1822 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. i. 499 Foure goodly pillars of Hymettian Marble. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 908 He that will make a good mixture of wine and honey, must mingle with new Hymettian Honey, old Falernian Wine. 1795 S. T. Coleridge To R. B. Sheridan in Poet. Wks. (1912) I. 88 Thy temples with Hymettian flow'rets wreath'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1601
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