Petraeanadj.n.

Brit.

/pᵻˈtriːən/, U.S.

/pəˈtriən/

Forms: 1600s– Petrean, 1900s– Petraean.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Petraeus , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Petraeus of or coming from Petra in Arabia, inhabitant of Petra ( < Petra , the name of the chief town of Arabia Petraea, literally ‘Arabia the rocky’, a Roman province (see definition) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -an suffix. Compare classical Latin petraeus growing on or among rocks (see petrean adj.), Hellenistic Greek Πετραῖος (see quots. 1734 at sense A., 1980 at sense A.).

A. adj.

With capital initial. Of or relating to ancient Arabia Petraea, the Roman province lying south of Phoenicia and south and east of Judaea, including most of Sinai and present-day Jordan and the southern part of present-day Syria; (also) of or relating to Petra, the principal city of this province (now a city in present-day Jordan) and an early Christian see.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Middle East > Arabia

Arabical1535

Arabic1611

Petraean1614

Arabian1771

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Asia Minor and Middle East > other ancient cities

BabylonisheOE

Tyrian1513

Milesian1579

Smyrnian1579

Babylonical1597

Tiberian1601

Phocaean1614

Teian1647

Xanthian1685

Smyrnaean1807

Petraean1852

Smyrniote1867

Chalcidic1876

Chalcidian1880

Tarsian1895

1614 W. Lithgow Admired & Painefull Peregrination sig. M2^v Truely with much difficulty..passed we these Petrean iourneis.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 210 Arabia Petrea..diuideth the true Syria from Canaan; this Petrean countrey it selfe, deualling euen downe to the limits of Iacobs bridge.

1734 W. Whiston tr. in Six Diss. i. 16 She was the Daughter of Aretas, King of the Petrean Arabians.

1795 Theol. Repository (ed. 3) II. 469 It is nowhere said, that either Augustus or Tiberius..annexed it to his Petrean donimions.

1852 E. A. Andrews Copious Latin-Eng. Lex. 1133/2 Pĕtra,..a city in Arabia Petraea, now the ruins of Wadi Musa... Hence..Pĕtreus, a, um, adj., Petrean.

1925 A. B. W. Kennedy Petra iii. 35 We know from the dated tombs at Madaïn Salih that the most complex and highly developed of the Petraean designs were already in existence before the commencement of our era.

1965 N. Glueck Deities & Dolphins (1966) x. 331 The Petraean feminine figure on a sea animal could..be identified with an Atargatis or Aphrodite mounted on a fish-tailed Capricornus.

1980 P. Stadter tr. Arrian of Nicomedia in Arrian of Nicomedia iii. 45 The Petraean horse-archers [Gk. τοὺς ἱπποτοξότας τοὺς Πετραίους].

B. n.

With capital initial. A native or inhabitant of Petra, esp. in antiquity.

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

1923 A. Forder Petra 10 One would gather from Bible records that the Petreans were always a proud and turbulent people.

1923 A. Forder Petra 20 A feasible explanation..was given to me by a modern Petrean.

1925 A. B. W. Kennedy Petra iii. 34 Very little is known about the religion of the Nabataeans as a nation, and even less, perhaps, about the religion of those of the nationality whom we may call particularly Petraeans, and who are responsible for the monuments of Petra.

1993 F. Millar Rom. Near East 400 Strabo..speaks of the royal dynasty, of Petra as a real city and of the conduct of legal affairs among the Petraeans.

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

单词	petraean
释义	Petraeanadj.n. Brit. /pᵻˈtriːən/, U.S. /pəˈtriən/ Forms: 1600s– Petrean, 1900s– Petraean. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Petraeus , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Petraeus of or coming from Petra in Arabia, inhabitant of Petra ( < Petra , the name of the chief town of Arabia Petraea, literally ‘Arabia the rocky’, a Roman province (see definition) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -an suffix. Compare classical Latin petraeus growing on or among rocks (see petrean adj.), Hellenistic Greek Πετραῖος (see quots. 1734 at sense A., 1980 at sense A.). A. adj. With capital initial. Of or relating to ancient Arabia Petraea, the Roman province lying south of Phoenicia and south and east of Judaea, including most of Sinai and present-day Jordan and the southern part of present-day Syria; (also) of or relating to Petra, the principal city of this province (now a city in present-day Jordan) and an early Christian see. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Middle East > Arabia Arabical1535 Arabic1611 Petraean1614 Arabian1771 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Asia Minor and Middle East > other ancient cities BabylonisheOE Tyrian1513 Milesian1579 Smyrnian1579 Babylonical1597 Tiberian1601 Phocaean1614 Teian1647 Xanthian1685 Smyrnaean1807 Petraean1852 Smyrniote1867 Chalcidic1876 Chalcidian1880 Tarsian1895 1614 W. Lithgow Admired & Painefull Peregrination sig. M2^v Truely with much difficulty..passed we these Petrean iourneis. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 210 Arabia Petrea..diuideth the true Syria from Canaan; this Petrean countrey it selfe, deualling euen downe to the limits of Iacobs bridge. 1734 W. Whiston tr. in Six Diss. i. 16 She was the Daughter of Aretas, King of the Petrean Arabians. 1795 Theol. Repository (ed. 3) II. 469 It is nowhere said, that either Augustus or Tiberius..annexed it to his Petrean donimions. 1852 E. A. Andrews Copious Latin-Eng. Lex. 1133/2 Pĕtra,..a city in Arabia Petraea, now the ruins of Wadi Musa... Hence..Pĕtreus, a, um, adj., Petrean. 1925 A. B. W. Kennedy Petra iii. 35 We know from the dated tombs at Madaïn Salih that the most complex and highly developed of the Petraean designs were already in existence before the commencement of our era. 1965 N. Glueck Deities & Dolphins (1966) x. 331 The Petraean feminine figure on a sea animal could..be identified with an Atargatis or Aphrodite mounted on a fish-tailed Capricornus. 1980 P. Stadter tr. Arrian of Nicomedia in Arrian of Nicomedia iii. 45 The Petraean horse-archers [Gk. τοὺς ἱπποτοξότας τοὺς Πετραίους]. B. n. With capital initial. A native or inhabitant of Petra, esp. in antiquity. 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 1923 A. Forder Petra 10 One would gather from Bible records that the Petreans were always a proud and turbulent people. 1923 A. Forder Petra 20 A feasible explanation..was given to me by a modern Petrean. 1925 A. B. W. Kennedy Petra iii. 34 Very little is known about the religion of the Nabataeans as a nation, and even less, perhaps, about the religion of those of the nationality whom we may call particularly Petraeans, and who are responsible for the monuments of Petra. 1993 F. Millar Rom. Near East 400 Strabo..speaks of the royal dynasty, of Petra as a real city and of the conduct of legal affairs among the Petraeans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1614
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