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

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
随便看	a match made in heaven a matter of a matter of conjecture a matter of debate a matter of importance a matter of interest a matter of life and death a matter of opinion a matter of principle a matter of record a matter of routine a matter of some concern a matter of taste a matter of time a matter of urgency a matter of urgency/importance a max a maximis ad minima a meal in itself a means to an end a meeting of (the) minds a meeting of minds a meeting of the minds a men a mensa et thoro

obelus

noun

Word History