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Ostrogoth|ˈɒstrəʊgɒθ|
[f. late L. Ostrogothi pl., f. OHG., OS. ōstar eastward, in the east:—OTeut. *aust(a)r: see Goth.]
a. An East Goth; a name given to the division of the Teutonic race of the Goths which towards the end of the 5th c. conquered Italy, and in 493, under Theodoric, established a kingdom which continued till 555.
1605J. Sylvester tr. Du Bartas's Devine Weekes 456 Normans, Allains, Ostrogothes. 1647–8Sir C. Cotterell Davila's Hist. Fr. (1678) 3 Famous incursions of the Ostrogoths. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. II. 54 Four dynasties which successively ruled that country,—Odoacer's, the East-Goths or Ostrogoths, the Lombards, and the Franks.
b. (See quot.)
a1859Whewell Germ. Archit. Pref., Some traced the pointed arch to the countries of the East; and these persons were, by their brother antiquaries, playfully termed Ostrogoths.
c. as adj. = Ostrogothic a.
1920H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. 350/1 The adventurous wanderings that ended at last in the Ostrogoth Kingdom in Italy. 1954Arnold-Baker & Dent Everyman's Dict. Dates 275/1 Theodoric..became a figure of Germanic legend, and founded an Ostrogoth kingdom in Italy c. 500.
Hence Ostroˈgothian, Ostroˈgothic adjs.
1684H. More Answer 42 The fourth [trumpet] is..under the seventh Head, viz. The Ostrogothian Kings. 1815Sporting Mag. XLVI. 56 This coarse, dark, ostrogothic piece of mosaic-painting. |