Locriann.adj.

Brit.

/ˈlɒkrɪən/,

/ˈləʊkrɪən/, U.S.

/ˈlɑkriən/,

/ˈloʊkriən/

Forms: 1500s Locriane, 1500s– Locrian, 1800s– Lokrian.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Locrī , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Locrī (plural) (ancient Greek Λοκροί), the name of an ancient people of Greece (see note) + -an suffix. Compare classical Latin Locris, the name of two regions of Greece inhabited by the Locrians. Compare Middle French, French Locrien (1554 or earlier as noun, 1594 or earlier as adjective).

A. n.

Ancient History. An inhabitant or native of Locris, a region in ancient Greece. Cf. Locrensian n.Locris comprised two regions in central Greece. The Western Locrians, on the Gulf of Corinth, were known as the Λοκροὶ Ὀζόλαι (Latin Locrī Ozolae), and the Eastern Locrians, on the Euboean Straits, as the Λοκροὶ Ὀπούντιοι (Latin Locrī Opuntiī).The Locrians were renowned for the immutability of their laws.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > ancient Greeks and neighbours > [noun] > native or inhabitant of states, regions, or cities

Thebienc1374

Spartiatec1384

myrmidonc1425

Spartanc1425

Phocianc1487

Argive?1532

Locrian1536

Locrensian1542

Achaean1550

Mantinean1550

Mytilenean1550

Tegeate1584

Pylian1585

Epidaurian?1589

Thessalian1608

Olympian1609

Sicyonian1642

Samothracian1653

Dorian1662

Attic1699

Tegean1709

1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition sig. B.iii^v The Locrians had a very good custome amonges them, no man might there, come to speke agaynste a law..except he came to the disputation therof, with a corde about his necke.

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades ii. 35 Aiax the lesse, Oileus Sonne, the Locrians [Gk. Λοκρῶν] led to warre.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. xi. §6. 137 Some land there was in the tenure of the Locrians.

1652 ‘D. Menedemus’ Lex Exlex 41 For the prevention of more lawes, let us enact first that famous one of the Locrians, viz. That none offer to propose a new Law out of his mouth without wearing a halter about his necke.

1718 Free-thinker No. 64. 2 No Nation ever insisted so rigorously upon this Immutability of Laws as the Locrians.

1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers i. i. 23 A tract of Timæus the Locrian..concerning the soul of the world, in which we find the substance of Plato's doctrine concerning ideas.

1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. 99 The Locrians claimed a higher antiquity than any other branch of the Greek nation.

1878 tr. K. Paparrigopoulos Mod. Hellenism 39 The Locrian Androutzous..resolved to traverse the whole of the Peloponnesus.

1912 A. V. Babbs Law of Tithe (ed. 2) i. 17 The Locrians, hoping for divine favor, had sent tithes to the Oracle at Delphi.

1952 Mnemosyne 5 272 The Locrians may be archers, because they lived in a mountainous district.

1989 J. Buckler Philip II & Sacred War iii. 49 He could allow acceptable Lokrians to participate in Delphic affairs.

2010 Times (Nexis) 30 Mar. 25 If..some restraint on the part of our legislators is needed, we might have something to learn from the Locrians of Ancient Greece.

B. adj.

1. Ancient History. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greek region of Locris or its inhabitants.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Greece > [adjective]

Locrian1559

Achaean1567

Argive1598

Attic1599

1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale vii. i. f. 137^v Zeleucus loked muche nearer vnto this enormitie: for in the Locriane common weale [L. apud Locros] he ordeigned that whoso vsed to drinke wyne, should die for it.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. v. 230 The Locrian stones, And high Eubœan hills retort his grones.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 630 Fierce Ajax led the Locrian Squadrons [Gk. Λοκρῶν] on.

1794 W. Beaumont tr. J.-J. Barthélemy Trav. Anacharsis (ed. 2) IV. xxxix. 4 Diodorus had several packs of hounds, one trained to course the hare, another the stag, and a third, of the Laconian or Locrian breed, the wild boar.

1844 L. Shadwell tr. Homer Iliad ii. 35 Over the Lokrian bands stood swiftfoot Oïlian Aias.

1882 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 3 74 The main claim of the Ilians..was the annual pilgrimage of Locrian virgins, sent to expiate the crime of Ajax.

1930 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 50 35 Mirrors and mirror-stands..constituted a Locrian speciality and were manufactured on the spot.

1966 Phoenix 20 294 The conflict..culminated in an unexpected Locrian triumph at the battle of the river Sagra.

2009 Washington Post (Nexis) 15 Feb. b 07 Locrian wives and children were returned to their families. And double the amount of money stolen was refunded to the Locrian treasury.

2. Music. Originally: designating the 7th eidos or mode of the ancient Greek diatonic series (a-a' in modern terms, but perhaps formerly misunderstood as B-b) (historical). In modern use: designating the diatonic scale b-b', divided at f', or its plagal equivalent f-f'. Chiefly in Locrian mode. [Compare Hellenistic Greek ἡ Λοκριστί ἁρμονία harmony in the Locrian manner, French mode locrien (1777 or earlier). The ancient Greek author Pindar says that a kind of harmony (ἁρμονία) was devised by one of the Locrians (Λοκρῶν τις), who has been identified as Xenocritus.]

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > medieval mode > authentic modes

Aeolian1589

Ionian1589

authent1597

Dorian mode1603

authentic1609

Ionic1616

Aeolic mode1636

Locrian1753

hyperdorian1761

hyperionian1761

hyperlydian1761

Aeolian mode?1775

Ionian mode?1775

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > ancient Greek modes > specific

Dorian mode1603

Locrian1753

hyperaeolian1761

hyperlydian1761

hypermixolydian1761

hyperphrygian1761

Ionian mode?1775

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Locrian, in antient music, the seventh species of the diapason.

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Locrian, the name sometimes given by the ancient Greeks to the Hypodorian mode.

1817 T. Busby Dict. Music (new ed.) 138 Hypo-dorian...This mode which sometimes was called the Locrian mode, had its fundamental a fourth below that of the Dorian.

1842 North Amer. Rev. Jan. 189 We find no mention made of Xenocritus,..the inventor, or perfecter, of the Locrian harmony.

1894 D. B. Monro Modes Anc. Greek Music 61 In this case..the upper of the two octaves answers to the Hypo-dorian key, and the lower to the Locrian.

1905 H. E. Woolridge Oxf. Hist. Music II. ii. 199 The Locrian scale of B was purely theoretical, and was of no use except to fill a place in the circle.

1919 Musical Q. Oct. 589 It will be observed that the order of intervals in the Locrian mode corresponds exactly to those of the Hypodorian.

1969 Music Educators Jrnl. 56 50 The Phrygian mode is seldom used, and the Locrian mode never (that I've heard).

1994 F. Macnicol et al. tr. J. Kárpáti Bartók's Chamber Music v. 171 These scales..contrast even better with major-minor tonality than the diatonic modes do (with the exception of the rarely used Locrian).

2002 Music Theory Spectrum 24 75/1 Jazz theorists sometimes call this the ‘locrian #2’ mode, since it is equivalent to the locrian mode with a raised second degree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	locrian
释义	Locriann.adj. Brit. /ˈlɒkrɪən/, /ˈləʊkrɪən/, U.S. /ˈlɑkriən/, /ˈloʊkriən/ Forms: 1500s Locriane, 1500s– Locrian, 1800s– Lokrian. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Locrī , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Locrī (plural) (ancient Greek Λοκροί), the name of an ancient people of Greece (see note) + -an suffix. Compare classical Latin Locris, the name of two regions of Greece inhabited by the Locrians. Compare Middle French, French Locrien (1554 or earlier as noun, 1594 or earlier as adjective). A. n. Ancient History. An inhabitant or native of Locris, a region in ancient Greece. Cf. Locrensian n.Locris comprised two regions in central Greece. The Western Locrians, on the Gulf of Corinth, were known as the Λοκροὶ Ὀζόλαι (Latin Locrī Ozolae), and the Eastern Locrians, on the Euboean Straits, as the Λοκροὶ Ὀπούντιοι (Latin Locrī Opuntiī).The Locrians were renowned for the immutability of their laws. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > ancient Greeks and neighbours > [noun] > native or inhabitant of states, regions, or cities Thebienc1374 Spartiatec1384 myrmidonc1425 Spartanc1425 Phocianc1487 Argive?1532 Locrian1536 Locrensian1542 Achaean1550 Mantinean1550 Mytilenean1550 Tegeate1584 Pylian1585 Epidaurian?1589 Thessalian1608 Olympian1609 Sicyonian1642 Samothracian1653 Dorian1662 Attic1699 Tegean1709 1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition sig. B.iii^v The Locrians had a very good custome amonges them, no man might there, come to speke agaynste a law..except he came to the disputation therof, with a corde about his necke. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades ii. 35 Aiax the lesse, Oileus Sonne, the Locrians [Gk. Λοκρῶν] led to warre. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. xi. §6. 137 Some land there was in the tenure of the Locrians. 1652 ‘D. Menedemus’ Lex Exlex 41 For the prevention of more lawes, let us enact first that famous one of the Locrians, viz. That none offer to propose a new Law out of his mouth without wearing a halter about his necke. 1718 Free-thinker No. 64. 2 No Nation ever insisted so rigorously upon this Immutability of Laws as the Locrians. 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers i. i. 23 A tract of Timæus the Locrian..concerning the soul of the world, in which we find the substance of Plato's doctrine concerning ideas. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. 99 The Locrians claimed a higher antiquity than any other branch of the Greek nation. 1878 tr. K. Paparrigopoulos Mod. Hellenism 39 The Locrian Androutzous..resolved to traverse the whole of the Peloponnesus. 1912 A. V. Babbs Law of Tithe (ed. 2) i. 17 The Locrians, hoping for divine favor, had sent tithes to the Oracle at Delphi. 1952 Mnemosyne 5 272 The Locrians may be archers, because they lived in a mountainous district. 1989 J. Buckler Philip II & Sacred War iii. 49 He could allow acceptable Lokrians to participate in Delphic affairs. 2010 Times (Nexis) 30 Mar. 25 If..some restraint on the part of our legislators is needed, we might have something to learn from the Locrians of Ancient Greece. B. adj. 1. Ancient History. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greek region of Locris or its inhabitants. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Greece > [adjective] Locrian1559 Achaean1567 Argive1598 Attic1599 1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale vii. i. f. 137^v Zeleucus loked muche nearer vnto this enormitie: for in the Locriane common weale [L. apud Locros] he ordeigned that whoso vsed to drinke wyne, should die for it. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. v. 230 The Locrian stones, And high Eubœan hills retort his grones. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 630 Fierce Ajax led the Locrian Squadrons [Gk. Λοκρῶν] on. 1794 W. Beaumont tr. J.-J. Barthélemy Trav. Anacharsis (ed. 2) IV. xxxix. 4 Diodorus had several packs of hounds, one trained to course the hare, another the stag, and a third, of the Laconian or Locrian breed, the wild boar. 1844 L. Shadwell tr. Homer Iliad ii. 35 Over the Lokrian bands stood swiftfoot Oïlian Aias. 1882 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 3 74 The main claim of the Ilians..was the annual pilgrimage of Locrian virgins, sent to expiate the crime of Ajax. 1930 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 50 35 Mirrors and mirror-stands..constituted a Locrian speciality and were manufactured on the spot. 1966 Phoenix 20 294 The conflict..culminated in an unexpected Locrian triumph at the battle of the river Sagra. 2009 Washington Post (Nexis) 15 Feb. b 07 Locrian wives and children were returned to their families. And double the amount of money stolen was refunded to the Locrian treasury. 2. Music. Originally: designating the 7th eidos or mode of the ancient Greek diatonic series (a-a' in modern terms, but perhaps formerly misunderstood as B-b) (historical). In modern use: designating the diatonic scale b-b', divided at f', or its plagal equivalent f-f'. Chiefly in Locrian mode. [Compare Hellenistic Greek ἡ Λοκριστί ἁρμονία harmony in the Locrian manner, French mode locrien (1777 or earlier). The ancient Greek author Pindar says that a kind of harmony (ἁρμονία) was devised by one of the Locrians (Λοκρῶν τις), who has been identified as Xenocritus.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > medieval mode > authentic modes Aeolian1589 Ionian1589 authent1597 Dorian mode1603 authentic1609 Ionic1616 Aeolic mode1636 Locrian1753 hyperdorian1761 hyperionian1761 hyperlydian1761 Aeolian mode?1775 Ionian mode?1775 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > ancient Greek modes > specific Dorian mode1603 Locrian1753 hyperaeolian1761 hyperlydian1761 hypermixolydian1761 hyperphrygian1761 Ionian mode?1775 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Locrian, in antient music, the seventh species of the diapason. 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Locrian, the name sometimes given by the ancient Greeks to the Hypodorian mode. 1817 T. Busby Dict. Music (new ed.) 138 Hypo-dorian...This mode which sometimes was called the Locrian mode, had its fundamental a fourth below that of the Dorian. 1842 North Amer. Rev. Jan. 189 We find no mention made of Xenocritus,..the inventor, or perfecter, of the Locrian harmony. 1894 D. B. Monro Modes Anc. Greek Music 61 In this case..the upper of the two octaves answers to the Hypo-dorian key, and the lower to the Locrian. 1905 H. E. Woolridge Oxf. Hist. Music II. ii. 199 The Locrian scale of B was purely theoretical, and was of no use except to fill a place in the circle. 1919 Musical Q. Oct. 589 It will be observed that the order of intervals in the Locrian mode corresponds exactly to those of the Hypodorian. 1969 Music Educators Jrnl. 56 50 The Phrygian mode is seldom used, and the Locrian mode never (that I've heard). 1994 F. Macnicol et al. tr. J. Kárpáti Bartók's Chamber Music v. 171 These scales..contrast even better with major-minor tonality than the diatonic modes do (with the exception of the rarely used Locrian). 2002 Music Theory Spectrum 24 75/1 Jazz theorists sometimes call this the ‘locrian #2’ mode, since it is equivalent to the locrian mode with a raised second degree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1536
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