RhipaeanRhipeanadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɪpɪən/,

/ˈrʌɪpɪən/, U.S.

/ˈrɪpiən/,

/ˈraɪpiən/

Forms: 1700s Rypean, 1700s– Ripean, 1800s– Ripaean, 1800s– Rhipaean, 1800s– Rhipean.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Rīpaeus , -an suffix; Greek Ῥιπαῖος , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Rīpaeus, Rhīpaeus and its etymon ancient Greek Ῥιπαῖος of or belonging to the Rhipaean mountains ( < Ῥίπαι , name of a mythical mountain range + -αῖος , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix. Compare earlier Riphaean adj.In Rhipaean mountains after classical Latin Rīpaeī montes, ancient Greek Ῥιπαῖα ὄρη.

= Riphaean adj. Frequently in Rhipaean mountains.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > range > spec

Alpine?a1475

Pyrene?a1475

Riphaean1555

Pyrenean?1556

Pyrenee1590

hercynian1598

Alpic1611

Appalachian1672

Carpathian1673

Rhipaean1703

Alleghenian1740

Altaic1762

Altaian1780

Balkan1785

Uralian1801

Lepontine1802

Altai1824

Dinaric1833

Andean1845

Alpigene1847

Lepontian1857

Uralic1861

Himalayan1866

Cordilleran1891

Andine1900

Armorican1906

Variscan1906

1703 J. Shirley tr. G. Fernández Honour of Chivalry i. xxxviii. 171 He..slew the Horrible Dragon of the Rypean [1683 Ryphean] Desart [It. il fier Dragone della Selua Rifea].

1737 Universal Hist. II. i. xii. 266 The river Tanais, descending, as is supposed, from the Riphean mountains.

1830 G. C. Lewis & H. Tufnell tr. K. O. Müller Hist. & Antiq. Doric Race I. ii. iv. 302 Beyond the Scythians he places the Issedones, then the Arimaspians, then the Rhipæan mountains, from which the north wind blows.

1870 J. Gent Scythic Nations 5 Hippocrates..does not display very accurate knowledge of Scythia; for instance, he bounds it on the north by the Rhipæan mountains.

1907 Irish Eccl. Rec. 21 388 The Rhipaean Mountains..was a generic name for the mountains of Central Europe, especially the region of the Black Forest and the Carpathians.

1948 Imago Mundi 5 42 The medieval ‘history’ of the Rhipean Mountains still awaits its writer.

2005 T. P. Bridgman Hyperboreans ii. 44 In the traditional picture, the Rhipean Mountains and the Cave of the North Wind were at the ends of the earth.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rhipaean
释义	RhipaeanRhipeanadj. Brit. /ˈrɪpɪən/, /ˈrʌɪpɪən/, U.S. /ˈrɪpiən/, /ˈraɪpiən/ Forms: 1700s Rypean, 1700s– Ripean, 1800s– Ripaean, 1800s– Rhipaean, 1800s– Rhipean. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Rīpaeus , -an suffix; Greek Ῥιπαῖος , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Rīpaeus, Rhīpaeus and its etymon ancient Greek Ῥιπαῖος of or belonging to the Rhipaean mountains ( < Ῥίπαι , name of a mythical mountain range + -αῖος , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix. Compare earlier Riphaean adj.In Rhipaean mountains after classical Latin Rīpaeī montes, ancient Greek Ῥιπαῖα ὄρη. = Riphaean adj. Frequently in Rhipaean mountains. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > range > spec Alpine?a1475 Pyrene?a1475 Riphaean1555 Pyrenean?1556 Pyrenee1590 hercynian1598 Alpic1611 Appalachian1672 Carpathian1673 Rhipaean1703 Alleghenian1740 Altaic1762 Altaian1780 Balkan1785 Uralian1801 Lepontine1802 Altai1824 Dinaric1833 Andean1845 Alpigene1847 Lepontian1857 Uralic1861 Himalayan1866 Cordilleran1891 Andine1900 Armorican1906 Variscan1906 1703 J. Shirley tr. G. Fernández Honour of Chivalry i. xxxviii. 171 He..slew the Horrible Dragon of the Rypean [1683 Ryphean] Desart [It. il fier Dragone della Selua Rifea]. 1737 Universal Hist. II. i. xii. 266 The river Tanais, descending, as is supposed, from the Riphean mountains. 1830 G. C. Lewis & H. Tufnell tr. K. O. Müller Hist. & Antiq. Doric Race I. ii. iv. 302 Beyond the Scythians he places the Issedones, then the Arimaspians, then the Rhipæan mountains, from which the north wind blows. 1870 J. Gent Scythic Nations 5 Hippocrates..does not display very accurate knowledge of Scythia; for instance, he bounds it on the north by the Rhipæan mountains. 1907 Irish Eccl. Rec. 21 388 The Rhipaean Mountains..was a generic name for the mountains of Central Europe, especially the region of the Black Forest and the Carpathians. 1948 Imago Mundi 5 42 The medieval ‘history’ of the Rhipean Mountains still awaits its writer. 2005 T. P. Bridgman Hyperboreans ii. 44 In the traditional picture, the Rhipean Mountains and the Cave of the North Wind were at the ends of the earth. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1703
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