Nioben.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪə(ʊ)bi/, U.S.

/naɪˈoʊbi/

Forms: 1500s Nobe, 1500s– Niobe, 1600s Nyobe.

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

Etymology: < ancient Greek Νιόβη (classical Latin Nioba, Niobē), the name of the daughter of Tantalus in Greek legend, supposed to have been changed into stone while weeping for her children.

An inconsolably bereaved woman, a weeping woman. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > weeper > woman

Niobe1589

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. G2^v A more than second Niobe, bewailing her seauen fold sorrow.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. xi. 19 There is a word will Priam turne to stone, Make wells and Niobe's of the maides and wiues.

a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 197 Justice weeps out her Eyes, now truly blind, To Niobes the remnant Vertues turne.

a1683 J. Oldham Remains in Verse & Prose 49 in Wks. & Remains (1684) The learned Sisters all transform'd should be, No longer nine, but one Melpomene: Each should into a Niobe relent, At once thy Mourner and thy Monument.

1725 M. Davys Cousins 222 He accordingly went, and left me alone with this weeping Niobe, whose lamentable Outcries had brought in some other Passengers.

1781 W. Cowper Truth 174 The streaming tears Channel her cheeks—a Niobe appears.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxxix. 42 The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 51 She was left alone Upon her tower, the Niobe of swine.

1876 A. Trollope Prime Minister IV. xvii. 296 ‘Such a Niobe you never saw.’ ‘Was she weeping?’ ‘Not actual tears. But her gown, and her cap, and her strings were weeping.’

1951 William & Mary Q. 8 146 This New England Niobe had pious fortitude..but none of the distinction of personality of, for example, Abigail Adams.

1972 A. Roudybush Sybaritic Death (1974) xix. 161 Vanessa..wiped her eyes... ‘I'm sorry I'm being such a Niobe.’

2010 L. K. Hughes Cambr. Introd. Victorian Poetry viii. 217 The tired metaphor of Italy as a tragic, suffering woman—a Niobe or Juliet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	niobe
释义	Nioben. Brit. /ˈnʌɪə(ʊ)bi/, U.S. /naɪˈoʊbi/ Forms: 1500s Nobe, 1500s– Niobe, 1600s Nyobe. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Νιόβη. Etymology: < ancient Greek Νιόβη (classical Latin Nioba, Niobē), the name of the daughter of Tantalus in Greek legend, supposed to have been changed into stone while weeping for her children. An inconsolably bereaved woman, a weeping woman. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > weeper > woman Niobe1589 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. G2^v A more than second Niobe, bewailing her seauen fold sorrow. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. xi. 19 There is a word will Priam turne to stone, Make wells and Niobe's of the maides and wiues. View more context for this quotation a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 197 Justice weeps out her Eyes, now truly blind, To Niobes the remnant Vertues turne. a1683 J. Oldham Remains in Verse & Prose 49 in Wks. & Remains (1684) The learned Sisters all transform'd should be, No longer nine, but one Melpomene: Each should into a Niobe relent, At once thy Mourner and thy Monument. 1725 M. Davys Cousins 222 He accordingly went, and left me alone with this weeping Niobe, whose lamentable Outcries had brought in some other Passengers. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 174 The streaming tears Channel her cheeks—a Niobe appears. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxxix. 42 The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 51 She was left alone Upon her tower, the Niobe of swine. 1876 A. Trollope Prime Minister IV. xvii. 296 ‘Such a Niobe you never saw.’ ‘Was she weeping?’ ‘Not actual tears. But her gown, and her cap, and her strings were weeping.’ 1951 William & Mary Q. 8 146 This New England Niobe had pious fortitude..but none of the distinction of personality of, for example, Abigail Adams. 1972 A. Roudybush Sybaritic Death (1974) xix. 161 Vanessa..wiped her eyes... ‘I'm sorry I'm being such a Niobe.’ 2010 L. K. Hughes Cambr. Introd. Victorian Poetry viii. 217 The tired metaphor of Italy as a tragic, suffering woman—a Niobe or Juliet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589
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