Meliboeanadj.¹

Brit.

/mɛlɪˈbiːən/,

/mɛlɪˈbɔɪən/, U.S.

/ˌmɛlɪˈbiən/,

/ˌmɛlɪˈbɔɪən/

Forms: 1600s– Meliboean, 1800s Melibean.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Meliboeus , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Meliboeus of Meliboea (epithet of a purple dye; probably < Meliboea (ancient Greek Μελίβοια), the name of a town on the Thessalian coast, near Mount Pelion) + -an suffix. N.E.D. (1906) identified Meliboea as a Syrian island at the mouth of the Orontes, for which the chief authority is the Hellenistic Greek poet Oppian, although the Latin grammarian Festus also refers to it as an island. In most ancient sources, however, Meliboea appears to denote a town in Thessaly, near Mount Pelion. It is mentioned in Homer ( Iliad 2. 717) as the birthplace of Philoctetes. Lucretius and Virgil speak of Meliboea purpura Meliboean purple: in Lucretius at least it is clear that the Meliboea from which the dye came was situated in Thessaly.

Now rare.

1. Designating purple dye from the Thessalian town of Meliboea, or cloth dyed with this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > purple dye or pigment > [adjective]

Meliboean1667

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 242 Over his lucid Armes A militarie Vest of purple flowd Livelier then Melibœan .

1731 J. Trapp tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 301 To the Conq'ror first he gives A Cloak, with Gold embroider'd, edg'd with Fringe Of Meliboean Purple, doubly round Entwining.

1890 E. A. Robinson tr. Virgil in Uncoll. Poems (1975) 13 A golden chlamys to the conqueror, Bordered by waving Meliboean purple.

2. poetic. Of the colour or quality of the purple dye from Meliboea.

ΚΠ

a1802 T. Dermody Harp of Erin (1807) 161 There might the rainbow spread its dyes in vain, And all-abash'd before their glories fade; For Tyrian hue, or Melibean stain, Could nought adorn.

1866 E. H. Bickersteth Yesterday, To-day, & for Ever xii. 378 The soft pale purple of the chrysoprase, The Melibœan hyacinth, and last The lucid violet of amethyst.

1947 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Kist of Whistles 23 The weight of your tresses, as Damodaragupta says, Like the cloud of smoke ascending from the furnace of Love, Your Meliboean tresses, for the hair of thine head is purple.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† Meliboeanadj.²

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Meliboeus.

Etymology: < the name of Meliboeus, one of the two shepherds who address each other in alternate verses in Virgil's first eclogue + -an suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

In T. Carlyle's use (of poetry): alternately answering; = amoebaean adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [adjective] > stanzaic > alternately answering

amoebaean1634

Meliboean1837

1837 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) V. 224 In vain preached this apostle and that other simultaneously or in Melibœan sequence.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. viii. 79 In rapid Melibœan stanzas, only a few lines each, they propose motions not a few.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	meliboean
释义	Meliboeanadj.¹ Brit. /mɛlɪˈbiːən/, /mɛlɪˈbɔɪən/, U.S. /ˌmɛlɪˈbiən/, /ˌmɛlɪˈbɔɪən/ Forms: 1600s– Meliboean, 1800s Melibean. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Meliboeus , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Meliboeus of Meliboea (epithet of a purple dye; probably < Meliboea (ancient Greek Μελίβοια), the name of a town on the Thessalian coast, near Mount Pelion) + -an suffix. N.E.D. (1906) identified Meliboea as a Syrian island at the mouth of the Orontes, for which the chief authority is the Hellenistic Greek poet Oppian, although the Latin grammarian Festus also refers to it as an island. In most ancient sources, however, Meliboea appears to denote a town in Thessaly, near Mount Pelion. It is mentioned in Homer ( Iliad 2. 717) as the birthplace of Philoctetes. Lucretius and Virgil speak of Meliboea purpura Meliboean purple: in Lucretius at least it is clear that the Meliboea from which the dye came was situated in Thessaly. Now rare. 1. Designating purple dye from the Thessalian town of Meliboea, or cloth dyed with this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > purple dye or pigment > [adjective] Meliboean1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 242 Over his lucid Armes A militarie Vest of purple flowd Livelier then Melibœan . View more context for this quotation 1731 J. Trapp tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 301 To the Conq'ror first he gives A Cloak, with Gold embroider'd, edg'd with Fringe Of Meliboean Purple, doubly round Entwining. 1890 E. A. Robinson tr. Virgil in Uncoll. Poems (1975) 13 A golden chlamys to the conqueror, Bordered by waving Meliboean purple. 2. poetic. Of the colour or quality of the purple dye from Meliboea. ΚΠ a1802 T. Dermody Harp of Erin (1807) 161 There might the rainbow spread its dyes in vain, And all-abash'd before their glories fade; For Tyrian hue, or Melibean stain, Could nought adorn. 1866 E. H. Bickersteth Yesterday, To-day, & for Ever xii. 378 The soft pale purple of the chrysoprase, The Melibœan hyacinth, and last The lucid violet of amethyst. 1947 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Kist of Whistles 23 The weight of your tresses, as Damodaragupta says, Like the cloud of smoke ascending from the furnace of Love, Your Meliboean tresses, for the hair of thine head is purple. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † Meliboeanadj.² Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Meliboeus. Etymology: < the name of Meliboeus, one of the two shepherds who address each other in alternate verses in Virgil's first eclogue + -an suffix. Obsolete. rare. In T. Carlyle's use (of poetry): alternately answering; = amoebaean adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [adjective] > stanzaic > alternately answering amoebaean1634 Meliboean1837 1837 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) V. 224 In vain preached this apostle and that other simultaneously or in Melibœan sequence. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. viii. 79 In rapid Melibœan stanzas, only a few lines each, they propose motions not a few. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.¹1667adj.²1837
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