单词 | pharsalian |
释义 | Pharsalianadj. Originally: of, relating to, or designating the battle of Pharsalus in Thessaly (48 b.c.). Later also: of or relating to Pharsalia. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [adjective] > other specific war Pharsalian1605 Crimean1679 Lelantine1900 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Greece > [adjective] > regions of Greece Macedonc1450 Olympian1523 Ionian?1556 Macedonian1556 Achaean1567 Peloponnesian1569 Molossian1587 Thessalian1594 Thracian1594 Olympic1597 Argive1598 Attic1599 isthmian1603 Pharsalian1605 Aonian1607 Attical1610 Phocian1614 Messenianc1615 Marathonian1623 Bœotic1851 Athoan1869 Thraco-Illyrian1931 Athonite1963 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 300 Yet, while thy Lucan doth in silence scan Vnto himselfe new-meditated laies, To finish up his sad Pharsalian fraies. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iv. i. iv. 759 Let him but read those Pharsalian fields fought in France of late. 1725 C. Cibber Cæsar in Ægypt v. 62 Hence..Ye Undeservers of Pharsalian Honour! 1758 J. Reed Madrigal & Trulletta v. iii. 49 Remember this is the Pharsalian field, That must immortalize the name of Bard, Or blast it with eternal infamy. 1815 C. Lloyd Brutus II. iv. ii Ere the Pharsalian trumpet ‘Gave dreadful note of preparation’. 1885 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 6 173 The river system of the Pharsalian plains. 1926 P. H. Gardner New Chapters in Greek Art 120 The Pharsalian dedication was signed, and in all probability it was in bronze. 1994 R. A. Gabriel & D. W. Boose Great Battles of Antiq. 259 Positioned near was the Pharsalian cavalry acting as Parmenian's bodyguard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1605 |
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