单词 | corybant |
释义 | Corybant[ kawr-uh-bant, kor- ] / ˈkɔr əˌbænt, ˈkɒr- / noun, plural Cor·y·ban·tes [kawr-uh-ban-teez, kor-], /ˌkɔr əˈbæn tiz, ˌkɒr-/, Cor·y·bants.Classical Mythology. any of the spirits or secondary divinities attending Cybele with wild music and dancing. an ancient Phrygian priest of Cybele. Origin of Corybant1350–1400; Middle English <Latin Corybant- (stem of Corybās) <Greek Korybant- (stem of Korýbās) Words nearby Corybantcorvo, Corvus, Corwin, Cory, Coryate, Corybant, corybantic, corydalis, Corydon, Coryell, corymb Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Corybant
British Dictionary definitions for CorybantCorybant / (ˈkɒrɪˌbænt) / noun plural Corybants or Corybantes (ˌkɒrɪˈbæntiːz)classical myth a wild attendant of the goddess Cybele Derived forms of CorybantCorybantian, Corybantic or Corybantine, adjectiveWord Origin for CorybantC14: from Latin Corybās, from Greek Korubas, probably of Phrygian origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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