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单词 Pactolian
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Pactolian

/pakˈtəʊlɪən/
(also Pactolean) poetic and literary. Now rare
adjective
Of or relating to the river Pactolus (now Sart Çayı, in modern Turkey), formerly renowned for the gold which its sands contained. In later use: (chiefly figurative ) golden; (of payment, funds, etc.) lavish, copious.
  • The legend of King Midas bathing in the river Pactolus to cure himself of his golden touch is recounted in Ovid Metamorphoses 11. 85ff..

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Warner (d. 1609), poet and lawyer. From Pactolus (classical Latin Pactōlus, ancient Greek Πακτωλός), the name of a river in ancient Lydia which used to carry gold dust in its sands + -ian.

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