Pentelicadj.

Brit.

/pɛnˈtɛlɪk/, U.S.

/pɛnˈtɛlɪk/

Forms: 1500s Pentlike (perhaps transmission error), 1600s Pentelick, 1700s– Pentelic. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pentelicus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Pentelicus of marble from Pentele < Hellenistic Greek Πεντελικός of or designating Pentelic marble < Πεντελή , the name of a deme of Attica + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare French pentélique (1559 in Middle French in an apparently isolated attestation in the passage translated in quot. 1579; subsequently from 1809), Italian penteliko (a1604).

Of or relating to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens; spec. designating the famous white marble quarried there, or things made of this.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > marble

marblea1382

Pentelic1579

marblya1620

marmoreous1709

Pentelician1741

picturesque1762

marmoraceous1822

Pentelican1850

Lucullan1857

Connemara1861

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 115 The pillers..are cut out of a quarrie of marbell, called pentlike marbell [Fr. marbre Pentelique].

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. viii. 41 It [sc. the Stadium] was Built of Pentelick Marble.

a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) II. xvii. 170 Of smooth Pentelic marble on the beach, Where flow'd the brine of Salamis, a tomb Insculptur'd rose.

1806 T. Moore Epistles, Odes 45 I seem'd to gaze On marble, from the rich Pentelic mount.

1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xii. 133 Thirteen columns of Pentelic marble, partly connected by a frieze, are all that remain.

1897 A. Austin Conversion of Winckelmann 9 On their pentelic pedestals the Gods, Throned on imperishable marble, stand.

1909 J. Payne Flower o' Thorn 33 Some grove of Gods high-perched on its Pentelic steep.

1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks 182 Pentelic marble from Greece was sculptured into the priceless creations that are so enduring a heritage of Hellenic civilization.

1993 Times (Nexis) 20 Feb. (Features section) Hansen went to the Pentelic quarries northeast of Athens for the same marble used on the Acropolis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pentelic
释义	Pentelicadj. Brit. /pɛnˈtɛlɪk/, U.S. /pɛnˈtɛlɪk/ Forms: 1500s Pentlike (perhaps transmission error), 1600s Pentelick, 1700s– Pentelic. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pentelicus. Etymology: < classical Latin Pentelicus of marble from Pentele < Hellenistic Greek Πεντελικός of or designating Pentelic marble < Πεντελή , the name of a deme of Attica + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare French pentélique (1559 in Middle French in an apparently isolated attestation in the passage translated in quot. 1579; subsequently from 1809), Italian penteliko (a1604). Of or relating to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens; spec. designating the famous white marble quarried there, or things made of this. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > marble marblea1382 Pentelic1579 marblya1620 marmoreous1709 Pentelician1741 picturesque1762 marmoraceous1822 Pentelican1850 Lucullan1857 Connemara1861 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 115 The pillers..are cut out of a quarrie of marbell, called pentlike marbell [Fr. marbre Pentelique]. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. viii. 41 It [sc. the Stadium] was Built of Pentelick Marble. a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) II. xvii. 170 Of smooth Pentelic marble on the beach, Where flow'd the brine of Salamis, a tomb Insculptur'd rose. 1806 T. Moore Epistles, Odes 45 I seem'd to gaze On marble, from the rich Pentelic mount. 1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xii. 133 Thirteen columns of Pentelic marble, partly connected by a frieze, are all that remain. 1897 A. Austin Conversion of Winckelmann 9 On their pentelic pedestals the Gods, Throned on imperishable marble, stand. 1909 J. Payne Flower o' Thorn 33 Some grove of Gods high-perched on its Pentelic steep. 1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks 182 Pentelic marble from Greece was sculptured into the priceless creations that are so enduring a heritage of Hellenic civilization. 1993 Times (Nexis) 20 Feb. (Features section) Hansen went to the Pentelic quarries northeast of Athens for the same marble used on the Acropolis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1579
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