单词 | ixionian |
释义 | Ixionianadj. Belonging to, or resembling that of, Ixion, a mythical king of Thessaly, who was punished in the infernal regions by being fastened to an eternally revolving wheel. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [adjective] > that tortures > resembling fate of king Ixion Ixionian1678 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Aristotle in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 169 Condemned to an Eternal Ixionian Fate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online January 2018). < adj.1678 |
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