单词 | paphlagonian |
释义 | Paphlagonianadj.n. Ancient History. A. adj. Of or relating to Paphlagonia, or its inhabitants.In later use usually with reference to the story of the Paphlagonian king told in Sidney's Arcadia (a1586), generally thought to be the basis of the subplot in Shakespeare's King Lear. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Asia Minor Paphlagonian1596 Asianic1880 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of ancient cities or states > [adjective] NinevitishOE Trojanc1374 Sardian1551 Susian?1552 Illyrian1556 Phoenician?1556 Hyrcan1567 Sidonian1578 Phrygian1579 Smyrnian1579 Lycaonian1582 Paphlagonian1596 Lycian1598 Galatian1603 Cappadocian1607 Canaanite1613 Mysian1613 Phocaean1614 Phrygic1614 Dardana1616 Babylonized1701 Pergamene1703 Milesiana1722 Canaanitic1753 Palmyrenian1776 Smyrnaean1807 Troic1838 Minaean1844 Ninevite1848 Smyrniote1867 Isaurian1880 Mitannian1897 Iconian1899 Mitannite1911 Thraco-Phrygian1924 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O2v Procris and Cephalus, and a number of Pamphlagonian things more, that it would rust & yron spot paper, to have but one sillable of their names breathed ouer it. 1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 132 If we were, indeed, like those Paphlagonian Partridges (whereof our Naturall Historians report that they have two hearts) then might we have one for an apparent Friend, and an other for a Friend in a Corner. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 156 Who should come to my lodge this morning but a true Homeric or Paphlagonian man. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Rose & Ring ii. 5 The Paflagonian nobility did not care who was king. 1954 T. Gunn Fighting Terms 32 Here in a cave the Paphlagonian King Crouched. 1992 English 41 100 Yoking the familiar story of Lear with the unfamiliar story of the Paphlagonian King is to put a wild card into the deck. B. n. A native or inhabitant of Paphlagonia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of ancient cities or states > [noun] MedeeOE PartheOE PuniceOE NineviteOE Trojanc1330 sodomitea1382 Phoeniciana1387 Macedonianc1400 Parthianc1400 Macedonc1440 Phrygian?1473 Mycenaeanc1487 Tyrian1513 Sidonian?1520 Galatian1526 Canaanite1530 Cananaean1534 Milesian1550 Sogdian1553 Syrophœnician1560 Molossian1563 Hyrcanian1567 Palmyrene1567 Pergamenian1579 Smyrnian1579 Mysian1581 Carthaginian1592 Punican1595 Lycian1598 Smyrnaean1598 Phocaean1600 Gallo-greeks1601 Iberian1601 Minaean1601 Susian1601 Cappadocian1607 Carian1607 Paphlagonian1607 Hamathite1611 Pergamene1612 Byzantiana1620 Gallo-graecians1619 Chalcidian1654 Philadelphiana1680 Xanthian1685 Palmyrenian1697 Isaurian1776 Dardan1813 Byzantine1836 Bœotian1839 Ilian1847 Susianian1874 Libyo-Phœnician1876 Khaldian1882 Mitannian1907 Iconian1911 Petraean1923 Lycaonian1926 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 291 Touching the Paphlagonians about the education of their horsses see more among the Venetians. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. iv. 308 Against the Paphlagonians even unto Chalcedon, hee prevailed. 1748 D. Hume Philos. Ess. Human Understanding x. 189 The Impostor..was enabled to proceed, from his ignorant Paphlagonians, to the inlisting of Votaries, even among the Grecian Philosophers. 1772–4 R. Warner Parasite iii. i. 157 Because that he alone in twenty days Subdu'd the Persians, and the Paphlagonians. 1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 304 This Paphlagonian is the tanner-eagle. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Rose & Ring i. 4 Two nations which had been engaged in bloody and expensive wars, as the Paflagonians and the Crimeans had been. 1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 60 The Paphlagonian—‘stick to the old sway Of few and wise, not rabble-government!’ 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 734/1 The Paphlagonians were one of the most ancient peoples of Anatolia. 1998 S. Swain Hellenism & Empire 328 Those that lack it [sc. Hellenic learning] are easy prey—and members of the Roman elite are among those like the Paphlagonians who are liable to lack it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1596 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。