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单词 opime spoils
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opime spoils
Rich, abundant; sumptuous, splendid. Also in †opime spoils [after classical Latin spolia opīma] : spoils taken from one general or commander by another (originally, from one defeated in single combat). Occasionally as n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > sumptuous
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costy?c1430
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dapatical1623
pollucible1623
opiparous1628
lautitious1648
opimous1656
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Ritzian1908
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. ix. 80 Na spuleȝeis may be callit opime bot onelie þai quhilkis ar takin be ane duke fra ane vthir.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 426 Those great and opime Preferments and Dignities which thy ambitious and wordly minde so longingly hankers after.
1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel vi. 183 He had taken the more easie and opime places.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (1737) v. 232 Th' Opime you'd linquish for the Macerated.
1738–9 J. Nixon Let. in E. Hamilton Mordaunts (1965) viii. 168 While we were eating our Supper we order'd a Turkey to be roasted for our Dinner on ye morrow. Charged with these Opima Spoila we return'd triumphant to our Ship.
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives II. 366 These which a Roman general takes from the general of the enemy, they call opime spoils.
1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 97/2 I killed three—my first exploit at gunnery. Those three birds were veritable opime spoils to me.
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opime spoils
a. The arms and armour of a slain or defeated enemy as stripped off and taken by the victor; a set or suit of these. opime spoils [Latin spolia opima] : (see quot. 1770 and opime adj.).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] > equipment as spoil
spoila1547
society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] > equipment as spoil > article of
spoila1547
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder > taken in war or raid > taken from the slain
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a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Bii Ay me, what one: that Hector how vnlike, Which erst returnd clad with Achilles spoiles.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 170 Before he was full 17 yeres of age, hee had gained already two complete spoiles of his enemies.
1611 W. Mure Mes Amours in Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 10 Ye goddesse airmed With proud, presuming Cupid's conquered spoyle.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 245 Hector, who return'd from toils Of War Triumphant, in Æacian Spoils.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 808 The radiant Arms are by Patroclus born, Patroclus' Ships the glorious Spoils adorn.
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives II. 366 What they take from the enemy in the field, they call by the general name of spoils, but these which a Roman general takes from the general of the enemy, they call opime spoils.
1810 J. Davidson tr. Virgil Wks. (1843) 286 I vow that you..shall be clad in the spoils torn from the pirate's body.
in extended use.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxviii. sig. Gg2v Thou God, whose youth was deckt with spoiles of Pythons skin.figurative.a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 427 Our abhorrencies and tormenting passions..were designed for our benefit, that in struggling with them we..gain the Spolia opima, the richest spoils.
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