单词 | ophiogenes |
释义 | ophiogenesn. Classical Mythology. (Members of) mythological tribes said to be related to serpents and able to cure snakebites. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > using magic ophiogenes1601 piai1613 witch doctor1718 dukun1817 piaiman1825 wizard1845 doctor1846 mganga1860 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 154 Crates..saith, That in Hellespont about Parium there was a kind of men (whom he nameth Ophiogenes) that if one were stung with a serpent, with touching only, will ease the paine. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. 218 The Ophiogenes, or Serpent-race of the Troad, kindred of the vipers, whose bite they could cure by touch. 1995 E. Dench Barbarians to New Men ii. v. 165 [Pliny mentions] the Ophiogenes of Cyrus, who reputedly exposed their new-born children to the bite of poisonous snakes in order to test their wives' fidelity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601 |
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