单词 | triary |
释义 | † triaryn. Obsolete. plural (also collective singular) The triarii, or soldiers of the third line in the ancient Roman army. Also figurative or allusively. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > third line (Roman) triaries1533 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. ix. 79 Seand þe Inemyis sett ernistlie to wyn þe tentis, he Ischit on þare richt hand with ane feirss cumpany of triaris. 1589 P. Ive tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres 76 Naming..the Souldiers of the fyrst battaile Hastaries; those of the second Princes, and those of the third Triaries. 1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 4 If I should draw upon you all my forces out of Seneca and Plutarch upon this subject, I should overwhelm you, but I leave those as Triary for your next charge. 1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum ii. viii. 315 This is the last retreat of these Gentlemen: Hether they retrire [sic] as to their Triary, and strong Reserves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1533 |
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