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单词 omophore
释义

Omophoren.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin Omophorus; Greek Ὠμοϕόρος.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin Omophorus (5th cent.) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek Ὠμοϕόρος (late 3rd cent. a.d.) < ὠμο- omo- comb. form + -ϕόρος -phore comb. form, the name given in Manichaean cosmology to the giant who carries the earth on his shoulders. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ōu·mŏfoəɹ) /ˈəʊməfɔə(r)/.
Mythology. Obsolete. rare.
In Manichaean cosmology: the giant who carries the earth on his shoulders.
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1854 J. Murdock tr. J. L. von Mosheim Hist. Comm. State of Christianity II. 338 Here Titus errs; for earthquakes do not proceed from the King of evil, but from Omophorus, as we shall soon show.]
1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 329 The world-bearing elephants of the Hindus,..the gigantic Omophore of the Manichæan cosmology, are all creatures who carry the earth on their backs or heads.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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