英语词汇“obelus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin, borrowed from Greek obelós, odelós (Doric) "spit, four-sided pointed pillar, obol, line in a manuscript marking a passage as spurious," perhaps of pre-Greek substratal origin

Note: The b/d variation has led to the assumption of an original labiovelar *g^w, though d would be expected in Attic-Ionic rather than the normally occurring b; obelós has hence been explained as a borrowing from an Aeolic dialect. In the sense "obol" (a weight and coin valued at 1/6 of a drachma) obelós has a variant obolós; the medial o is an alleged instance of vowel assimilation. The need for special explanations to account for the idiosyncrasies in these forms has led to the hypothesis that the etymon was a loanword from a pre-Greek language.

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	obelus
释义	obelus noun obe·lus ˈä-bə-ləs also ˈō- plural obeli ˈä-bə-ˌlī -ˌlē, also ˈō- 1 : a symbol − or ÷ used in ancient manuscripts to mark a questionable passage 2 : the symbol ÷ Word History Etymology Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin, borrowed from Greek obelós, odelós (Doric) "spit, four-sided pointed pillar, obol, line in a manuscript marking a passage as spurious," perhaps of pre-Greek substratal origin Note: The b/d variation has led to the assumption of an original labiovelar g^w, though d would be expected in Attic-Ionic rather than the normally occurring b; obelós* has hence been explained as a borrowing from an Aeolic dialect. In the sense "obol" (a weight and coin valued at 1/6 of a drachma) obelós has a variant obolós; the medial o is an alleged instance of vowel assimilation. The need for special explanations to account for the idiosyncrasies in these forms has led to the hypothesis that the etymon was a loanword from a pre-Greek language. First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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obelus

noun

Word History