Adonianadj.

Brit.

/əˈdəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/əˈdɑniən/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Adonis , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Adonis (see Adonis n.) + -ian suffix. In sense 2 after post-classical Latin Adonius Adonic (5th cent. in grammarians, designating versus verse, line of poetry; < ancient Greek Ἀδώνιος of or relating to Adonis < Ἀδώνις , the name of Adonis + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives). Compare French adonien of or relating to Adonis (mid 16th cent. in Middle French), (of a poetic metre) Adonic (1701). Compare also ancient Greek Ἀδώνια (neuter plural) mourning for Adonis. Compare earlier Adonic n.With sense 2 compare post-classical Latin Adonium Adonic metre (3rd cent.), use as noun (short for metrum Adonium) of neuter of Adonius.

1. Of, connected with, or characteristic of Adonis or an Adonis; Adonean.

ΚΠ

1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. B2^v A surcote all of purple silke she wore,..Fram'd for her bodie by great Astrophill. Such as Bellona vsed heretofore, In chasing of the feirce Adonian Bore.

1651 T. Stanley Poems 56 She then her old Adonian fire retains.

1735 Bibliotheca Biblica V. xxvi. 522 The Adonian or Osyrian Rites, which were celebrated annually at the expiration of the year.

1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 21 'Twas the night before The Adonian feast.

1892 Folk-lore 3 539 The sixth and fifth centuries brought into Athens a horde of strange religions from the East, the Sabazian rite, the Adonian, and the various forms of Pythagoreanism.

1921 Weekly Rev. 28 Feb. 181/3 A traveler in gents' suitings; ready to pick up the pieces after the Adonian casualty and, in his own cherished phrase, ‘give her a good home’.

1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. (Weekend section) 1/7 They do not share the tragic image of the Adonian youth struck down by terrible fate.

2. Prosody. = Adonic adj. Now rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > types of dimeter

Adonic1671

paroemiac1778

ithyphallic1795

Adonian1871

1758 J. Barclay Rudim. Lat. Tongue 169 The Adonian Verse concludes the Round, Where Dactylus and Spondee sound.

1790 Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 2 106 The adonian verse, coming after three sapphic lines, gives an agreeable variety and a graceful close to the stanza.

1825 N.Y. Lit. Gaz. 31 Dec. 268/2 Every fourth line, which is Adonian, consists only of a dactyle and spondee.

1871 P.S. Lat. Gramm. 480 The Adonian Verse is so intimately connected with the third Sapphic line that Hiatus at the close of the latter is unusual, and words are sometimes divided between the two verses.

1913 Studies 2 514 To St Patrick is also attributed a Celeuma or Cantus Nautarum, an excellent poem in seventy-eight adonian lines.

1957 M. L. W. Laistner Thought & Lett. in Western Europe, A.D. 500–900 (new ed.) iii. 345 Of the seven other poems, five deserve to be called religious poetry of a very high order. Two of these are composed in the Adonian metre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	adonian
释义	Adonianadj. Brit. /əˈdəʊnɪən/, U.S. /əˈdɑniən/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Adonis , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name of Adonis (see Adonis n.) + -ian suffix. In sense 2 after post-classical Latin Adonius Adonic (5th cent. in grammarians, designating versus verse, line of poetry; < ancient Greek Ἀδώνιος of or relating to Adonis < Ἀδώνις , the name of Adonis + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives). Compare French adonien of or relating to Adonis (mid 16th cent. in Middle French), (of a poetic metre) Adonic (1701). Compare also ancient Greek Ἀδώνια (neuter plural) mourning for Adonis. Compare earlier Adonic n.With sense 2 compare post-classical Latin Adonium Adonic metre (3rd cent.), use as noun (short for metrum Adonium) of neuter of Adonius. 1. Of, connected with, or characteristic of Adonis or an Adonis; Adonean. ΚΠ 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. B2^v A surcote all of purple silke she wore,..Fram'd for her bodie by great Astrophill. Such as Bellona vsed heretofore, In chasing of the feirce Adonian Bore. 1651 T. Stanley Poems 56 She then her old Adonian fire retains. 1735 Bibliotheca Biblica V. xxvi. 522 The Adonian or Osyrian Rites, which were celebrated annually at the expiration of the year. 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 21 'Twas the night before The Adonian feast. 1892 Folk-lore 3 539 The sixth and fifth centuries brought into Athens a horde of strange religions from the East, the Sabazian rite, the Adonian, and the various forms of Pythagoreanism. 1921 Weekly Rev. 28 Feb. 181/3 A traveler in gents' suitings; ready to pick up the pieces after the Adonian casualty and, in his own cherished phrase, ‘give her a good home’. 1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. (Weekend section) 1/7 They do not share the tragic image of the Adonian youth struck down by terrible fate. 2. Prosody. = Adonic adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > types of dimeter Adonic1671 paroemiac1778 ithyphallic1795 Adonian1871 1758 J. Barclay Rudim. Lat. Tongue 169 The Adonian Verse concludes the Round, Where Dactylus and Spondee sound. 1790 Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 2 106 The adonian verse, coming after three sapphic lines, gives an agreeable variety and a graceful close to the stanza. 1825 N.Y. Lit. Gaz. 31 Dec. 268/2 Every fourth line, which is Adonian, consists only of a dactyle and spondee. 1871 P.S. Lat. Gramm. 480 The Adonian Verse is so intimately connected with the third Sapphic line that Hiatus at the close of the latter is unusual, and words are sometimes divided between the two verses. 1913 Studies 2 514 To St Patrick is also attributed a Celeuma or Cantus Nautarum, an excellent poem in seventy-eight adonian lines. 1957 M. L. W. Laistner Thought & Lett. in Western Europe, A.D. 500–900 (new ed.) iii. 345 Of the seven other poems, five deserve to be called religious poetry of a very high order. Two of these are composed in the Adonian metre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1606
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