单词 | Ortygian |
释义 | Ortygian/ɔːˈtɪdʒɪən/poetic. Now rare adjective Of, belonging to, or relating to Ortygia (now Delos), a Greek island in the Cyclades, held in classical mythology to be the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. OriginLate 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Stanyhurst (1547–1618), literary scholar and translator. From classical Latin Ortygius, adjective (from Ortygia (ancient Greek Ὀρτυγία), the name of a Greek island in the Cyclades (now Delos), also of an island forming part of the city of Syracuse in Sicily) + -an. |
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