molossusn.

Brit.

/məˈlɒsəs/, U.S.

/məˈlɑsəs/

Inflections: Plural molossi, molossuses.

Forms: 1500s 1900s– mollossus (irregular), 1500s–1600s 1800s– molossus. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Molossus, Molossos.

Etymology: < classical Latin Molossus (also Molossos ) metrical foot consisting of three long syllables, a Molossian dog, also as adjective, < ancient Greek Μολοσσός , adjective (see Molossian adj.), also in Hellenistic Greek as noun in sense 1.

1. Prosody. A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > three long syllables

molossus1586

molossa1730

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > giant breeds > mastiff > other types of

moloss1842

bull-mastiff1871

molossus1879

Dogue de Bordeaux1895

Tosa1945

boerboel1965

Dogo1975

Neapolitan1987

Dogo Argentino1989

1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. G.iiii Molossus, that is [a foot] of three long, as – – – forgiuenes.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iii. 56 The like rule they did set vpon the word trissillable, calling him a foote of three times: as the dactilus of a long and two short: the mollossus of three long, [etc.].

1641 J. Johnson Acad. Love 32 The feet on which our verses runne, are but two kinds; the one is Spondæus,..the other is Molossus.

1676 tr. B. Lamy Art of Speaking iii. iv. iii. sig. X5 In a Foot of three Syllables when they are all long, it is call'd Molossus.

1870 R. C. Jebb Sophocles' Electra (ed. 2) 49/2 A bacchius..replacing the molossus.

1879 J. W. White tr. J. H. H. Schmidt Rhythmic & Metric 33 The Molossus, like the spondee, was used in solemn religious melodies.

1970 Yale French Stud. 45 7 The first [noun] is rapid, being an anapaest.., the second, appropriately slow, a molossus.

1981 G. S. Fraser Short Hist. Eng. Poetry x. 310 The trochee..can, by catching up the strong syllable of the preceding iambic foot, become a molossus or three-stress foot.

2. A Molossian dog.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > giant breeds > mastiff

mastiffa1387

bandogc1425

mastiff houndc1450

mastin1484

mastiff cur1522

grand-hound1548

mastiff bitch1604

Molossus dog1607

molossus1623

watch-mastiff1778

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Molossus, a Mastiffe.

1692 Christ Exalted §cv. 85 In bringing out his Molossi and whaffling Whelps, and crying, Stoo Dogs, stoo.

1854 J. C. Nott in J. C. Nott & G. R. Gliddon Types of Mankind i. xi. 392 The term molossus has been rather vaguely applied by writers; but the type of the bull-dog is well understood.

1922 R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog 57 It is not easy to trace the true breed [of mastiff] amid the various names which it owned. Molossus, Alan, Alaunt, Tie-dog, Bandog were among the number.

1971 F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 112 Strebel..puts forward the theory that the Sar Planina is a link in the development from the ancient Molossus to the modern European sheepdogs.

1984 D. Alderton Dog 102/1 Although it is related to the ancient Roman breed, the Molossus, the coat of the Spanish Mastiff is longer.

Compounds

Molossus dog n. = sense 2.

ΚΠ

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 146 This Moloskus or Molossus Dog, is also framed to attend the folds of Sheepe.

1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 54 She was afraid of the white Molossus dog.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	molossus
释义	molossusn. Brit. /məˈlɒsəs/, U.S. /məˈlɑsəs/ Inflections: Plural molossi, molossuses. Forms: 1500s 1900s– mollossus (irregular), 1500s–1600s 1800s– molossus. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Molossus, Molossos. Etymology: < classical Latin Molossus (also Molossos ) metrical foot consisting of three long syllables, a Molossian dog, also as adjective, < ancient Greek Μολοσσός , adjective (see Molossian adj.), also in Hellenistic Greek as noun in sense 1. 1. Prosody. A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > three long syllables molossus1586 molossa1730 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > giant breeds > mastiff > other types of moloss1842 bull-mastiff1871 molossus1879 Dogue de Bordeaux1895 Tosa1945 boerboel1965 Dogo1975 Neapolitan1987 Dogo Argentino1989 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. G.iiii Molossus, that is [a foot] of three long, as – – – forgiuenes. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iii. 56 The like rule they did set vpon the word trissillable, calling him a foote of three times: as the dactilus of a long and two short: the mollossus of three long, [etc.]. 1641 J. Johnson Acad. Love 32 The feet on which our verses runne, are but two kinds; the one is Spondæus,..the other is Molossus. 1676 tr. B. Lamy Art of Speaking iii. iv. iii. sig. X5 In a Foot of three Syllables when they are all long, it is call'd Molossus. 1870 R. C. Jebb Sophocles' Electra (ed. 2) 49/2 A bacchius..replacing the molossus. 1879 J. W. White tr. J. H. H. Schmidt Rhythmic & Metric 33 The Molossus, like the spondee, was used in solemn religious melodies. 1970 Yale French Stud. 45 7 The first [noun] is rapid, being an anapaest.., the second, appropriately slow, a molossus. 1981 G. S. Fraser Short Hist. Eng. Poetry x. 310 The trochee..can, by catching up the strong syllable of the preceding iambic foot, become a molossus or three-stress foot. 2. A Molossian dog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > giant breeds > mastiff mastiffa1387 bandogc1425 mastiff houndc1450 mastin1484 mastiff cur1522 grand-hound1548 mastiff bitch1604 Molossus dog1607 molossus1623 watch-mastiff1778 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Molossus, a Mastiffe. 1692 Christ Exalted §cv. 85 In bringing out his Molossi and whaffling Whelps, and crying, Stoo Dogs, stoo. 1854 J. C. Nott in J. C. Nott & G. R. Gliddon Types of Mankind i. xi. 392 The term molossus has been rather vaguely applied by writers; but the type of the bull-dog is well understood. 1922 R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog 57 It is not easy to trace the true breed [of mastiff] amid the various names which it owned. Molossus, Alan, Alaunt, Tie-dog, Bandog were among the number. 1971 F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 112 Strebel..puts forward the theory that the Sar Planina is a link in the development from the ancient Molossus to the modern European sheepdogs. 1984 D. Alderton Dog 102/1 Although it is related to the ancient Roman breed, the Molossus, the coat of the Spanish Mastiff is longer. Compounds Molossus dog n. = sense 2. ΚΠ 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 146 This Moloskus or Molossus Dog, is also framed to attend the folds of Sheepe. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 54 She was afraid of the white Molossus dog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1586
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