Memnonianadj.

Brit.

/mɛmˈnəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/mɛmˈnoʊniən/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin Memnonius ( < ancient Greek Μεμνόνιος (in Hellenistic Greek also Μεμνόνειος ) < Μεμνον- , Μέμνων Memnon (probably < the base of μένειν to remain: see remain v.) + -ιος, -ειος, suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix.With Memnonian Palace (see quot. 1667 at sense 1) compare ancient Greek τὰ βασιλήϊα τὰ Μεμνόνια (Herodotus).

Chiefly poetic.

1. Of or relating to Memnon, a mythical king of the Ethiopians, the son of Aurora and Tithonus, and associated in antiquity with various eastern lands; (in extended use) eastern, Persian. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Middle East > Persia or Iran

Memnonian1614

Iranian1841

Iranic1873

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia iii. 96 So huge a masse of Martiall bands Came not from the Memnonian lands, When Cyrus [etc.].

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 308 Xerxes,..From Susa his Memnonian Palace..Came to the Sea.

1774 C. Anstey Priest Dissected (ed. 2) 24 Dæmons! that erst had made my nature shrink, Memnonian tribes, black fusileers of ink.

1847 H. H. Brownell Poems 33 They who, sitting on Memnonian sands, Cast their long shadows o'er the desert plain.

2. Reminiscent of the statue (a colossus of Amenophis III, believed by the Greeks to represent Memnon) at Thebes in Egypt, which was said to give forth a musical sound when touched by the dawn; descriptive or characteristic of the sound itself.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious

sweetc900

merryOE

softc1230

accordanta1325

well-soundingc1350

cordant1382

sootc1385

songfula1400

melodiousa1425

sugaredc1430

well-toneda1500

tunable1504

dulcea1513

equivalenta1513

consonant?1521

harmonicala1527

harmoniousc1550

consorteda1586

Orphean1593

concentful1595

melodical1596

sweet-recording1598

tuneful1598

sirenical1599

high-tuned1603

nightingale-like1611

soundful?1615

according1626

modulaminous1637

undiscording1645

canorous1646

symphonious1652

concinnous1654

consonous1654

harmonic1667

sirenica1704

symphonial1773

concentual1782

chantant1785

Memnonian1800

melodized1807

Orphic1817

undiscordant1819

concentuous1850

fluting1852

melodic1871

well-orchestrated1872

jarless1876

tuny1885

tunesome1890

1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iv. 150 My bosom, like the fabled lyre of old Memnonian, or the harp that wooes the breeze, Shall sing with extacy.

1843 Ld. Houghton Poems Many Years (1844) 251 When my Memnonian lyre Welcomed every rising sun.

1845 T. De Quincey Suspiria de Profundis in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 280 The same wind..uttering the same hollow, solemn, Memnonian, but saintly swell.

1901 F. Norris Octopus ii. ii. 368 It was a Memnonian cry, the greeting of the hard, harsh image of man, rough-hewn, flinty, granitic, uttering a note of joy, acclaiming the new-risen sun.

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

单词	memnonian
释义	Memnonianadj. Brit. /mɛmˈnəʊnɪən/, U.S. /mɛmˈnoʊniən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Memnonius , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Memnonius ( < ancient Greek Μεμνόνιος (in Hellenistic Greek also Μεμνόνειος ) < Μεμνον- , Μέμνων Memnon (probably < the base of μένειν to remain: see remain v.) + -ιος, -ειος, suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix.With Memnonian Palace (see quot. 1667 at sense 1) compare ancient Greek τὰ βασιλήϊα τὰ Μεμνόνια (Herodotus). Chiefly poetic. 1. Of or relating to Memnon, a mythical king of the Ethiopians, the son of Aurora and Tithonus, and associated in antiquity with various eastern lands; (in extended use) eastern, Persian. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Middle East > Persia or Iran Memnonian1614 Iranian1841 Iranic1873 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia iii. 96 So huge a masse of Martiall bands Came not from the Memnonian lands, When Cyrus [etc.]. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 308 Xerxes,..From Susa his Memnonian Palace..Came to the Sea. View more context for this quotation 1774 C. Anstey Priest Dissected (ed. 2) 24 Dæmons! that erst had made my nature shrink, Memnonian tribes, black fusileers of ink. 1847 H. H. Brownell Poems 33 They who, sitting on Memnonian sands, Cast their long shadows o'er the desert plain. 2. Reminiscent of the statue (a colossus of Amenophis III, believed by the Greeks to represent Memnon) at Thebes in Egypt, which was said to give forth a musical sound when touched by the dawn; descriptive or characteristic of the sound itself. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious sweetc900 merryOE softc1230 accordanta1325 well-soundingc1350 cordant1382 sootc1385 songfula1400 melodiousa1425 sugaredc1430 well-toneda1500 tunable1504 dulcea1513 equivalenta1513 consonant?1521 harmonicala1527 harmoniousc1550 consorteda1586 Orphean1593 concentful1595 melodical1596 sweet-recording1598 tuneful1598 sirenical1599 high-tuned1603 nightingale-like1611 soundful?1615 according1626 modulaminous1637 undiscording1645 canorous1646 symphonious1652 concinnous1654 consonous1654 harmonic1667 sirenica1704 symphonial1773 concentual1782 chantant1785 Memnonian1800 melodized1807 Orphic1817 undiscordant1819 concentuous1850 fluting1852 melodic1871 well-orchestrated1872 jarless1876 tuny1885 tunesome1890 1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iv. 150 My bosom, like the fabled lyre of old Memnonian, or the harp that wooes the breeze, Shall sing with extacy. 1843 Ld. Houghton Poems Many Years (1844) 251 When my Memnonian lyre Welcomed every rising sun. 1845 T. De Quincey Suspiria de Profundis in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 280 The same wind..uttering the same hollow, solemn, Memnonian, but saintly swell. 1901 F. Norris Octopus ii. ii. 368 It was a Memnonian cry, the greeting of the hard, harsh image of man, rough-hewn, flinty, granitic, uttering a note of joy, acclaiming the new-risen sun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1614
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