单词 | keftian |
释义 | Keftiann.adj. A. n. Name in Egyptian records of a people of the eastern Mediterranean, identified by some authorities with the Cretans; a member of this people. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [noun] Keftianc1000 Pelasgi1581 the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [noun] > person Hellene1482 Pelasgianc1487 Ionian1542 Minyan1566 Minyae1567 Thracian1569 Ionic1577 Hellenian1598 Lapith1607 Minoan1902 Keftian1903 Thraco-Phrygian1946 c1000 Ælfric De Veteri et de Novo Test., Hept. Gen. x. 14 Mesraim, Cames oþer sunu, gestrynde six suna; of þam comon þa Philistei & seo mægð Capturym. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. x. 14 And Mizraim begat..Casluhim (out of whome came Philistiim) and Caphtorim. 1891 A. H. Sayce Races Old Testament iii. 53 The Caphtorim..were the natives of the coast-land Caphtor. 1903 H. R. Hall in Ann. Brit. School Athens 1901–2 8 164 The facial type of the Keftians..is definitely European. 1903 H. R. Hall in Ann. Brit. School Athens 1901–2 8 165 Apparently Müller regarded the Keftiu not as themselves genuine Mycenaeans, but as mere handers on of Mycenaean objects. 1913 R. A. S. Macalister Philistines i. 14 The Egyptians were brought into direct contact with the Keftians. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Aug. 623/2 G. A. Wainwright in ‘Keftiu: Crete or Cilicia?’ publishes further evidence in support of his thesis that the Keftiuans of the Egyptian monuments are not Cretans..but Cilicians. 1961 C. F. Pfeiffer Baker's Bible Atlas (1962) iii. 41/2 The family of Mizraim had several branches: Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim,..and Caphtorim. 1967 H. E. L. Mellersh Minoan Crete v. 55 There can hardly be any doubt at all that the Keftiu were the Cretans. B. adj. Belonging to or relating to this people or their language. ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > isolates or no known affiliations > [adjective] > others Lycaonian1582 Etruscan1607 Basquish1612 Rhaeto-Etruscan1848 Sumerian1874 Sumerian1875 Mysian1884 Keftian1903 Subarian1923 Mapuche1961 the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [adjective] Pelasgianc1487 Ionical1566 Minyan1598 Pelasgic1715 Helladian1773 Minoan1830 proto-Greek1887 Keftian1929 1903 H. R. Hall in Ann. Brit. School Athens 1901–2 8 175 A list of Keftian proper names on a writing-board and a list of words of the Keftian language on papyrus,..are the last records of the men of Keftiu. 1913 R. A. S. Macalister Philistines i. 13 It has been suggested that it might be a nominative suffix of the Keftian language. 1913 R. A. S. Macalister Philistines iv. 115 The sign a, a man running, shows the simple waist-band which forms the sole body-covering of the Keftian envoys. 1929 J. Garstang Hittite Empire ii. 42 It was left to the Keftian traders to carry on commercial intercourse that brought to Egypt the wares of Crete and Mycenae. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.adj.c1000 |
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