单词 | progenitrice |
释义 | progenitricen. rare. = progenitrix n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun] > female motherOE progenitrixc1487 progenitrice?a1505 grandmother1526 ancestress1580 foremother1582 progenitress1611 predecessrix1640 mai1845 a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 66 in Poems (1981) 134 And his progenitrys [1568 Bann. progenetryse] A goddess, fyndar of all ermonye. 1650 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions (ed. 2) Addit. i. 387 The gracious progenitrice of the Saviour of the world. 1755 W. Huggins & T. H. Croker tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso I. 88 Knowing that she should be progenitrice [It. progenitrice] of heroes. 1844 C. F. Henningsen Revelations Russia I. Pref. p. xv He is equally incapable,..of allowing his subjects, like his bold progenitrice, the liberty which did not immediately impede the march of her government. 2000 Re: Aphrodite in alt.religion.goddess (Usenet newsgroup) 19 June Aphrodite..was the progenitrice of the Amazons through their daughter Harmonia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1505 |
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