单词 | pannonian |
释义 | Pannoniann.adj. Chiefly Roman History. A. n. A native or inhabitant of Pannonia, formerly a province of the Roman Empire comprising parts of present-day Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > other inhabitants of ancient Europe > [noun] Old Saxona1387 Massilian1563 Pannonian1578 Silurist1650 Dacian1776 West German1854 Massaliot1856 1578 W. B. tr. Appian of Alexandria Aunc. Hist. Romanes Warres ii. vi. 288 The Pæones, a gret nation inhabiting alongst Hister, stretcheth from the Iapodans, to the Dardanes. They are called Pæones of the Grecians, and of the Romanes Pannonians. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. i. 73 I am perfect, That the Pannonians..for Their Liberties are now in Armes. View more context for this quotation 1641 (title) A discovery of 29. sects here in London, all of which, except the first, are most divelish and damnable, being these which follow... Protestants... Macedonians. Heathens. Panonians. Saturnians. [Etc.]. 1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. iii. 463 The Pannonians..he successfully subdued, leading away the Younger sort into other Countries. 1830 A. Ferguson Hist. Roman Republic 409/1 The first for his victory over the Panonians, the Japydes, and the Dalmatians. 1855 R. Browning Protus 39 John the Pannonian..Came, had a mind to take the crown. 1934 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 24 164 How can it be said in the same breath that the Illyrians reach as far as the Danube and as far as the Pannonians, if the latter tribe dwelt between the Danube and the Save? 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 721/3 The Pannonians were mainly of Illyrian stock with some Celts in the western part of the province. 2000 Shakespeare Q. 51 36 Rome consolidates its territorial expansion northward and westward, quelling rebellions among the Pannonians, Dalmatians, and Britons. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Pannonia or Pannonians. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > countries of Eastern Europe > [adjective] > Hungarian regions Pannonic1597 Pannonian1605 Moravian1739 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ss2v We see a notable example in Tacitus of two Stage-plaiers, Percennius and Vibulenus, who by their facultie of playing, put the Pannonian armies into an extreame tumulte and combustion. View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pannonian..of or belonging to..Hungary. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. i. 29 After the Linen was remov'd, and the best Panonian Wines set upon the Table, he endeavour'd to comfort Horatio for his Loss. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. v. 115 In the invincible and rapid approach of the Pannonian legions, he saw his inevitable ruin. 1804 European Mag. May 333/2 The sons of Britain..animated with even more than Panonian ardour. 1898 ‘M. Field’ World at Auction p. iii, (List of Speakers) Septimius Severus, General of the Pannonian Legion. 1912 Q. Rev. Oct. 335 His happiest days were certainly spent away from Rome in German and Pannonian wars. 1975 R. Browning Emperor Julian i. 13 Decius, a Pannonian senator who found himself proclaimed emperor against his will in 249. 1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 254/2 Hungarian speakers conquered the Pannonian plains, the country now called Hungary, in 895-6. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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