α. 1500s–1600s Sueuian, 1600s– Suevian.
β. 1600s– Suebian.
单词 | suevian |
释义 | Sueviann.adj.α. 1500s–1600s Sueuian, 1600s– Suevian. β. 1600s– Suebian. A. n. 1. historical. A member of a group of Germanic peoples that in the late Republic and the early Empire was reported by Roman authors to have inhabited large territories in central Europe east of the Rhine; in late antiquity, a member of a group of Germanic peoples that migrated west of the Rhine and settled in the Roman territory, particularly in Spain.It is disputed whether the application of the name Suevians to the latter group reflects historical continuity or literary convention. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Germanic people > ancient Germanic peoples > [noun] > tribes > member of Suevea1387 Suevian1549 Rugian1561 Marcomanni1598 Nervii1598 Salian1614 1549 T. Cooper Lanquet's Epitome of Crons. f. 90v He suppressed the Getulians, and craftily circumuented Maroboduus the kinge of the Sueuians. a1683 W. Howell Inst. Gen. Hist. (1685) IV. i. i. 38 Droctulf, who being a Suebian or Alleman by Birth, for his Goodliness of his Stature had got the Honour of a Duke. a1727 I. Newton Observ. Prophecies Daniel (1733) i. v. 39 The Quades and Marcomans were Suevian nations; and they and the Suevians came originally from Bohemia. a1833 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XI. 246/1 The mixed host of Vandals, Burgundians, Alans, and Suevians. 1889 J. B. Bury Hist. Later Rom. Empire I. ii. vi. 155 The Vandals abandoned their blockade of the Suevians. 1991 J. Richardson Life of Picasso I. iii. 37 The strategic harbour was later colonized by successive invaders, each of whom left their mark: Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Suevians and, lastly, Moors, who were expelled by the Asturian kings. 2000 Phoenix 54 249 Caesar's victories over Helvetians, Suebians, and Belgians during his Gallic campaigns. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] > parts of Easterling1253 Sprucier1443 Suevian1549 High German1550 Low German1550 Prussian1554 Lusatian1555 Westphalian1576 Borussian1607 Rhinelander1608 Eastman1610 Belgic1615 Franconian1615 Thuringian1618 Swab1637 spruce1640 Silesian1669 Swabian1675 palatinate1709 Hessian1729 Saxon1737 Austrasian1833 East German1838 Balt1854 West German1855 Württemberger1896 Sudeten1938 East German1947 West German1947 Saarlander1955 Ossi1989 Wessi1990 1549 T. Cooper Lanquet's Epitome of Crons. f. 215 Phillip brother of Henry the last emperour, by the helpe of the Bohemes, Saxones, Bauatoys, & Sueuians, toke on hym the imperiall auctoritee. 1632 H. Hawkins tr. G. P. Maffei Fuga Sæculi 170 Otho, who was after Bishop of Bamberge, a Sueuian by nation (whose proper place, and Surname, is not knowne) was borne of the Count Bartold. 1751 Nützliche Anweisung oder Beyhülfe vor die Teutschen um Englisch 89/1 Ein Schwab, a Suevian. B. adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] > parts of Germany Suevical1560 Swevical1560 Prussian1565 Suevian1574 Thuringian1607 Franconian1608 Suevic1638 High German1640 Saxonic1647 Saxon1654 Swabian1684 Saxonian1761 Hanoverian1775 Low German1808 East German1849 West German1850 West German1946 Balt1954 1574 J. Studley tr. J. Bale Pageant of Popes f. 104 The Sueuian Captaynes [L. Sueuorum duces] became Lordes of Sicill. 1627 G. Richardson Of State of Europe xi. 29 Vlric, son to Henry, expulsed by the confederate states of the Suevian League. 1759 A. Bower Hist. Popes IV. 56 That Part of Italy took the Name of Sicily, which Name was afterwards extended by the Norman and Suevian Princes, Masters of those Countries. 2. historical. Of or relating to a group of Germanic peoples that in the late Republic and the early Empire was reported by Roman authors to have inhabited large territories in central Europe east of the Rhine, or of a group of Germanic peoples that in late antiquity migrated west of the Rhine and settled in the Roman territory, particularly in Spain.See note at sense A. 1. ΚΠ 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 2 Brittanny al conquered, not al retained: inuasions of the Sarmatian & Sueuian nation [L. Sarmatarum ac Sueborum gentes]. a1727 I. Newton Observ. Prophecies Daniel (1733) i. v. 39 The Quades and Marcomans were Suevian nations; and they and the Suevians came originally from Bohemia. 1866 W. P. Dickson tr. T. Mommsen Hist. Rome IV. v. vii. 256 Envoys entreated Cæsar to free them like the Gauls from the Suebian rule. 1960 Archaeology 13 179/2 We may suppose this to have happened in consequence of the wars between the Romans and the Suevian tribes of the Marcomanni. 2000 Eng. Hist. Rev. 115 1109 The marriage of his daughter, Alypia, to the ambitious Suevian military commander, Ricimer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1549 |
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