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单词 lapith
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Lapithn.

Brit. /ˈlapɪθ/, U.S. /ˈlæpəθ/
Forms: Plural Lapithæ, Lapiths.
Etymology: < Latin Lapithae, < Greek Λαπίθαι.
Greek Mythology.
One of the Lapithæ, a people of Thessaly, celebrated for their wars with the Centaurs.
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Hellene1482
Pelasgianc1487
Ionian1542
Minyan1566
Minyae1567
Thracian1569
Ionic1577
Hellenian1598
Lapith1607
Minoan1902
Keftian1903
Thraco-Phrygian1946
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 504 The fight betwixt the Lapithæ, and the Centaurs.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. C8 Amongst the woers of Penelope themselues, amongst the huge bolles of the Lapithæ.
a1846 B. R. Haydon Autobiogr. (1927) iii. xvi. 308 Two complete subjects of combat,—viz. between the Centaurs and Lapithæ, and between the Amazons and Hellenians.
1874 Guide Græco-Roman Sculptures Dept. Greek & Roman Antiquities Brit. Mus. I. 57 One of the Centaurs..attacked by Lapiths while carrying off Greek women.
1883 A. S. Murray Hist. Greek Sculpt. II. 55 The Lapiths are youthful, beardless, slim, but firmly knit.
1886 Guide Exhib. Galleries Brit. Mus. 77 Sepulchral urn. On the front a Centaur carrying off a female Lapith.
1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 179/2 The fight [sc. of the Centaurs] with the Lapiths occurs on the famous François vase and in sculpture on the pediment of the temple of Zeus in Olympia.
1968 New Larousse Encycl. Mythol. (new ed.) 169/2 (caption) A Centaur struggles with a Lapith at the wedding feast of King Peirithous.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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