单词 | triclinial |
释义 | triclinialadj. Pertaining to a triclinium. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [adjective] > relating to dining couch tricliniary1646 triclinial1874 1874 I. Taylor Etruscan Res. iii. 47 The couches on which the corpses repose have a triclinial arrangement. Derivatives triˈcliniarch n. [ < Latin triclīniarchēs, Greek *τρικλῑνιάρχης: compare architricline n.] the president of a feast. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > feasting > [noun] > feaster > lord of feast architriclinec1250 feast master?a1422 governor of the feast1611 tricliniarch1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tricliniarck (tricliniarches), the master of the dining chamber or room, the huicher. 1892 Harper's Mag. Dec. 131/1 There is no need thus to punish your tricliniarch. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [adjective] > relating to dining couch tricliniary1646 triclinial1874 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. vi. 243 From this Tricliniary disposure, we may illustrate that obscure expression of Seneca. View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. iii. 133 This was their Posture..on their Tricliniary Beds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1646 |
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