Zeusn.¹

Brit.

/z(j)uːs/, U.S.

/zus/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Zeus.

Etymology: < Zeus (ancient Greek Ζεύς : see note), the name of the supreme god in the ancient Greek pantheon. Compare earlier Jupiter n.For the Indo-European cognates of ancient Greek Ζεύς (genitive Διός ; Mycenaean Greek di-we (dative), di-wo (genitive)), see the etymological note at Tuesday n., and compare classical Latin Iov- (see Jove n.), used as the oblique stem of Iuppiter Jupiter n.

1. (The name of) the chief god of the ancient Greeks, corresponding to the Roman Jupiter (Jupiter n. 1a).The son of Cronus (whom he dethroned) and Rhea, and husband of Hera, Zeus was the protector and ruler of humankind, the dispenser of good and evil, and the god of weather and atmospheric phenomena (such as rain and thunder).

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1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iii. 40 Also vnder the name of Zeus or Iupiter [Fr. le nom de Ζεὺς ou Iuppiter], he sayth of him as followeth.

1623 E. Chaloner Sixe Serm. 225 He [sc. God] was that Ceres which filled their gardens with Corne, hee that Zeus which viuificated and made nature fertile.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 258 The more intelligent of the Greekish Pagans, did frequently understand by Zeus, that Supreme Unmade Deity, who was the Maker of the World.

1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism i. ix. 158/2 The old Egyptian Theologers..did not absolutely confound or identifie Zeus or Isis with the Universal Matter.

1794 J. Hare Ess. Necessity Revealed Relig. 146 The literate Greeks worshipped their Jupiter, Zeus or Upatos.

1831 T. Keightley Mythol. Anc. Greece & Italy 68 Hades, the brother of Zeus and Poseidon, was lord of the subterrane region, the abode of the dead.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 211 By Zeus, said Ctesippus, interrupting, I only wish that you would give me some proof.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 427/2 In a cave of Cyllene Maia became by Zeus the mother of the god Hermes.

1971 I. Murdoch Accidental Man 93 You remember in the Iliad when..Zeus deplores the sight of deathless beings involved in the pointless horrors of morality?

2007 P. Wilkinson & N. Philip Mythol. 48/1 Apollo..was the son of Zeus and a Titaness called Leto.

2. allusively A paramount ruling force or being in the universe; a person who displays characteristics usually associated with Zeus, such as supreme power, voracious sexual appetite, etc.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Zeiformes (dories) > genus Zeus

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1721 E. Ward Merry Travellers: Pt. I 7 No Michael, Zeus, or Peter Paul, Coul'd e'er produce among 'em all, So glorious an Original.

1849 M. Norman tr. L. Rellstab Eighteen Hundred & Twelve I. ii. iii. 89 ‘I have just been to see our Zeus or Pluto, whichever you like to call him.’ ‘The Emperor!’

1876 Fraser's Mag. May 668/1 The Zeus of Weimar himself [sc. Goethe] by no means hesitated to occupy the post of a Prince's Minister.

1878 T. Hardy in Harper's Mag. Oct. 763/1 Instead of blaming herself for the issue, she laid the fault upon the shoulders of some indistinct Zeus or colossal Ozymandias who had framed her situation and ruled her lot.

1964 E. Lengyel From Prison to Power vii. 269 He himself remained at his post at the pleasure of the Zeus of the Communist Olympus, i.e. Stalin in his Kremlin.

2008 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 3 Aug. b7 So what aphrodisiacs work best for the wife of this modern-day Zeus?

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General attributive, objective, instrumental, etc.

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1839 T. Mitchell in Aristophanes Frogs Add. 411 Cretan Zeus-worship.

a1861 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 464 You are the hatefullest to me of the Zeus-fed princes.

1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 285 The hapless Zeus-born offspring.

1880 R. C. Jebb in Encycl. Brit. XI. 140/1 Legends of warlike deeds done by Zeus-nourished kings.

1904 Classical Rev. 18 87/2 The principal Zeus-cult of the Peloponnese was that on Mt. Lycaeus in Arcadia.

1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Apr. 261/1 An aristocracy of fairhaired Zeus-worshipping Acaeans.

2010 Vanity Fair Sept. 227/2 It was thronged with painters, sculptors, and Zeus-browed critics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Zeusn.²

Brit.

/z(j)uːs/, U.S.

/zus/

Forms: 1500s– zeus, 1700s zeüs.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin zaeus, zēus.

Etymology: < classical Latin zaeus (also zēus) (Pliny) < Byzantine Greek ζαιός (recorded in a glossary, preserving earlier material; compare Hellenistic Greek ζαζαῖος), of unknown origin.The name of the fish has been associated with the name of the ancient Greek god Zeus (see Zeus n.¹) from at least the 16th cent.

Formerly: the John Dory fish, Zeus faber (family Zeidae); (also) any of several other fishes formerly placed in the genus Zeus (now rare or obsolete). In later use: the genus Zeus itself.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Zeiformes (dories) > genus Zeus

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Zeus1721

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Zeus, a fysshe taken about Calys [sc. Cádiz] in Spain, whiche is blacke, but he is very delicate.]

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xviii. 246 At Gades in Spaine, the Doree or Goldfish, called Zeus [L. zaeus] and Faber.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Zeüs, a Fish taken about Cadiz.., of a black Colour and very delicate.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 274 The red Zeus, with an even tail.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 48 His own fish Zeus, the dory [was offered] to Jupiter.

1907 D. S. Jordan Fishes xxix. 464 The best-known genus is Zeus, which is a group of shore-fishes of the waters of Asia and Europe.

2006 Cybium 30 99 Zeus consists of two extant and three fossil species.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zeus
释义	Zeusn.¹ Brit. /z(j)uːs/, U.S. /zus/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Zeus. Etymology: < Zeus (ancient Greek Ζεύς : see note), the name of the supreme god in the ancient Greek pantheon. Compare earlier Jupiter n.For the Indo-European cognates of ancient Greek Ζεύς (genitive Διός ; Mycenaean Greek di-we (dative), di-wo (genitive)), see the etymological note at Tuesday n., and compare classical Latin Iov- (see Jove n.), used as the oblique stem of Iuppiter Jupiter n. 1. (The name of) the chief god of the ancient Greeks, corresponding to the Roman Jupiter (Jupiter n. 1a).The son of Cronus (whom he dethroned) and Rhea, and husband of Hera, Zeus was the protector and ruler of humankind, the dispenser of good and evil, and the god of weather and atmospheric phenomena (such as rain and thunder). ΚΠ 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iii. 40 Also vnder the name of Zeus or Iupiter [Fr. le nom de Ζεὺς ou Iuppiter], he sayth of him as followeth. 1623 E. Chaloner Sixe Serm. 225 He [sc. God] was that Ceres which filled their gardens with Corne, hee that Zeus which viuificated and made nature fertile. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 258 The more intelligent of the Greekish Pagans, did frequently understand by Zeus, that Supreme Unmade Deity, who was the Maker of the World. 1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism i. ix. 158/2 The old Egyptian Theologers..did not absolutely confound or identifie Zeus or Isis with the Universal Matter. 1794 J. Hare Ess. Necessity Revealed Relig. 146 The literate Greeks worshipped their Jupiter, Zeus or Upatos. 1831 T. Keightley Mythol. Anc. Greece & Italy 68 Hades, the brother of Zeus and Poseidon, was lord of the subterrane region, the abode of the dead. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 211 By Zeus, said Ctesippus, interrupting, I only wish that you would give me some proof. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 427/2 In a cave of Cyllene Maia became by Zeus the mother of the god Hermes. 1971 I. Murdoch Accidental Man 93 You remember in the Iliad when..Zeus deplores the sight of deathless beings involved in the pointless horrors of morality? 2007 P. Wilkinson & N. Philip Mythol. 48/1 Apollo..was the son of Zeus and a Titaness called Leto. 2. allusively A paramount ruling force or being in the universe; a person who displays characteristics usually associated with Zeus, such as supreme power, voracious sexual appetite, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Zeus lightener1598 Zeus1721 All-Father1844 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Zeiformes (dories) > genus Zeus Zeus1601 Zeus1721 1721 E. Ward Merry Travellers: Pt. I 7 No Michael, Zeus, or Peter Paul, Coul'd e'er produce among 'em all, So glorious an Original. 1849 M. Norman tr. L. Rellstab Eighteen Hundred & Twelve I. ii. iii. 89 ‘I have just been to see our Zeus or Pluto, whichever you like to call him.’ ‘The Emperor!’ 1876 Fraser's Mag. May 668/1 The Zeus of Weimar himself [sc. Goethe] by no means hesitated to occupy the post of a Prince's Minister. 1878 T. Hardy in Harper's Mag. Oct. 763/1 Instead of blaming herself for the issue, she laid the fault upon the shoulders of some indistinct Zeus or colossal Ozymandias who had framed her situation and ruled her lot. 1964 E. Lengyel From Prison to Power vii. 269 He himself remained at his post at the pleasure of the Zeus of the Communist Olympus, i.e. Stalin in his Kremlin. 2008 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 3 Aug. b7 So what aphrodisiacs work best for the wife of this modern-day Zeus? Compounds General attributive, objective, instrumental, etc. ΚΠ 1839 T. Mitchell in Aristophanes Frogs Add. 411 Cretan Zeus-worship. a1861 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 464 You are the hatefullest to me of the Zeus-fed princes. 1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 285 The hapless Zeus-born offspring. 1880 R. C. Jebb in Encycl. Brit. XI. 140/1 Legends of warlike deeds done by Zeus-nourished kings. 1904 Classical Rev. 18 87/2 The principal Zeus-cult of the Peloponnese was that on Mt. Lycaeus in Arcadia. 1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Apr. 261/1 An aristocracy of fairhaired Zeus-worshipping Acaeans. 2010 Vanity Fair Sept. 227/2 It was thronged with painters, sculptors, and Zeus-browed critics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Zeusn.² Brit. /z(j)uːs/, U.S. /zus/ Forms: 1500s– zeus, 1700s zeüs. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin zaeus, zēus. Etymology: < classical Latin zaeus (also zēus) (Pliny) < Byzantine Greek ζαιός (recorded in a glossary, preserving earlier material; compare Hellenistic Greek ζαζαῖος), of unknown origin.The name of the fish has been associated with the name of the ancient Greek god Zeus (see Zeus n.¹) from at least the 16th cent. Formerly: the John Dory fish, Zeus faber (family Zeidae); (also) any of several other fishes formerly placed in the genus Zeus (now rare or obsolete). In later use: the genus Zeus itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Zeiformes (dories) > genus Zeus Zeus1601 Zeus1721 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Zeus, a fysshe taken about Calys [sc. Cádiz] in Spain, whiche is blacke, but he is very delicate.] 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xviii. 246 At Gades in Spaine, the Doree or Goldfish, called Zeus [L. zaeus] and Faber. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Zeüs, a Fish taken about Cadiz.., of a black Colour and very delicate. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 274 The red Zeus, with an even tail. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 48 His own fish Zeus, the dory [was offered] to Jupiter. 1907 D. S. Jordan Fishes xxix. 464 The best-known genus is Zeus, which is a group of shore-fishes of the waters of Asia and Europe. 2006 Cybium 30 99 Zeus consists of two extant and three fossil species. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1587n.²1601
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