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单词 parapegma
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parapegman.

Brit. /ˌparəˈpɛɡmə/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈpɛɡmə/
Inflections: Plural parapegmata.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin parapēgma; Greek παράπηγμα.
Etymology: < classical Latin parapēgma astronomical and meteorological calendar, and its etymon Hellenistic Greek παράπηγμα astronomical and meteorological calendar, rule, precept < ancient Greek παρα- para- prefix1 + πῆγμα framework fastened or joined together (see pegma n.). Compare earlier parapegm n.Compare earlier Parapegma as the title of a work attributed to Dositheus (3rd cent. b.c.):1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 379 Dositheus, in his Octaetis,..or in his Parapegma thereunto annexed, which he published at Coloniae, near Athens.
Ancient Greek History.
1. A fixed period of time or chronological canon; = parapegm n. 1. Obsolete.
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1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ (ed. 3) i. vi. §1. 89 The want of certain parapegmata or some fixed periods of time.
2. An astrological and meteorological calendar, written on a stone tablet with movable pegs used to insert the days of the month at the side of the text.
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Gregorian Calendarc1275
Julian Calendarc1275
fastia1387
almanacc1392
prognostication1486
shepherd's calendar1506
ephemeris1559
perpetual almanac?1566
perpetual calendar1577
ephemeris1647
primstaff1662
rim-stock1662
parapegma1671
Poor Robin1708
menologium1709
menologion1727
rune-staff1753
Liberian Calendar1754
parapegm1755
timetable1758
prognosticator1779
Hindu calendar1795
Moore's Almanac1806
Moorea1821
numeral1853
Advent calendar1867
paddywhack almanac1875
paddy1876
Islamic calendar1912
1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Parapegmata, a kind of Astronomical instrument; by which name the Astrologers call their Tables wherein they write their Art.
1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 225 We see here an authentic parapegma in antient history, deduced from astronomy.
1788 R. Porson in Museum Criticum I. 234 Diodorus..complains that he could find no parapegma on which he could rely, in relating the events that preceded the Trojan war.
1867 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Biogr. & Mythol. (Boston ed.) I. 814/2 Observations copied from parapegmata calculated for the latitudes of Athens and Alexandria.
1908 Classical Philol. 3 389 It consists of the following fragment of a Milesian parapegma.
1997 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 96 480/2 A fragment of a parapegma..in Trier provides him with a cap.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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