Aegeanadj.n.

Brit.

/iːˈdʒiːən/,

/ᵻˈdʒiːən/, U.S.

/əˈdʒiən/,

/eɪˈdʒiən/,

/iˈdʒiən/

Forms: 1500s– Aegaean, 1500s– Aegean, 1500s– Egean, 1600s– Egaean, 1800s– Aigaian.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Aegaeus , -an suffix; Greek Αἰγαῖος , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Aegaeus and its etymon ancient Greek Αἰγαῖος Aegean + -an suffix. Compare Middle French egean (French égéen ), adjective (1555 in an apparently isolated attestation, subsequently from 1914). With Aegean Sea at sense A. a compare classical Latin Aegaeum mare, ancient Greek πέλαγος Αἰγαῖον, Αἰγαῖος πόντος. With use as noun compare classical Latin Aegaeum, neuter, ancient Greek Αἰγαῖον, neuter (short for πέλαγος Αἰγαῖον), Αἰγαῖος, masculine (short for Αἰγαῖος πόντος).In Old English in unassimilated form (Egeum ) as a place name (compare Aegean Sea at sense A. a); compare also Egisca (adjective) Aegean ( < post-classical Latin Egeum (in Egeum mare ) + -ish suffix¹):OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 18 Be suþan þære byrig [sc. Constantinople], on suðhealfe þæs sæs earmes þe man hæt Egeum, sindon Athena & Corintus þa land.OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 21 Ðara iglanda þe man hæt Ciclades, þara sindon þreo & fiftig, & be eastan him is se [Ica]risca sæ, & be suðan se Cretisca, & be norðan se Egisca, & be westan Addriaticum.

A. adj.

a. Of, relating to, or situated in the area between the Greek mainland and Asia Minor. Aegean Sea (in early use also †Sea Aegean): the sea that lies between Greece and Turkey.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Aegean Sea

archipelagoc1503

Aegean Sea1513

Goat Sea1567

Aegean1597

arches1626

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [adjective] > Aegean

Aegean1667

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. vi. 136 As the blastis with thar bustuus sovn..cumis thuddand doun On the deip sey Egean [L. alto Aegaeo].

?1556 N. Smyth tr. Herodian Hist. vi. f. lxix^v All suche lande as the Aegean Sea, and Pontus doo enuiron.

1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs iv. sig. Fiiij Faire Helen thousand Barges brought vnto Aegean sandes.

1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. G2 These Iles Sporades, are scattered in the Ægean sea.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 746 And with the setting Sun Dropt from the Zenith like a falling Star, on Lemnos th' Ægæan Ile.

1718 H. Coxwell tr. Horace Odes ii. xvi. 51 In the Ægean Ocean, struck with Fear.

1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to Liberty iv, in Prometheus Unbound 210 Yet a speechless child, Verse murmured, and Philosophy did strain Her lidless eyes for thee; when o'er the Ægean main Athens arose.

1886 J. H. Wright tr. M. Collignon Man. Greek Archæol. Index 373/1 Aegean Islands.

1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans vii. 193 Further east, near Vinca, the [Danubian] culture was modified by influences from the Aegean area.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia I. 117/1 Vases everywhere in the Aegean area had been decorated with designs in dark rather shiny paint.

2009 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 25 Oct. (Travel section) 4 Exquisite descriptions of a childhood spent on the Aegean island of Bozcaada.

b. Of, associated with, or designating Bronze Age Greek civilization in the Aegean area.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific Bronze Age

Aegean1890

Helladic1919

Aunjetitz1924

Lausitz1928

Apennine1932

Wessex1938

Únětice1947

Únětician1947

Eblaite1976

1890 W. M. F. Petrie Kahun, Gurob & Hawara v. 44/1 The Ha-nebu, or ‘lords of the north’—a name which always means the Aegean peoples, at least in later times.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 55/2 In certain localities, for instance, Cyprus, Crete, and most of the Aegean islands,..Mycenaean remains..form in fact a stratum to be expected on the site of almost every ancient Aegean settlement.

1933 J. L. Myres in Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 63 279 Even earlier Aegean periods.

1941 J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man iii. 92 The Aegean sailors had reached the Atlantic at latest by 2200 B.C.

1952 T. K. Penniman 100 Years Anthropol. iv. 218 Flinders Petrie..had the good fortune to find Aegean pottery in a XIIth Dynasty building at Kahun.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia I. 119/1 Most of what has survived of Aegean Bronze Age writing is on clay tablets.

2010 S. W. Manning in E. H. Cline Oxf. Handbk. Bronze Age Aegean ii. 19 The Egyptian/Near Eastern date associated with either the import or the context of the Aegean export can be roughly applied to the associated Aegean cultural phase.

B. n.

With the. The Aegean Sea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Aegean Sea

archipelagoc1503

Aegean Sea1513

Goat Sea1567

Aegean1597

arches1626

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xxvi. 345 Ionas is borne from the Cilician to the Ægean, from thence to Propontis.

1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. E3 The fowle from the Proponticke spring, Fild all Th' Egean with their stemming ores.

1784 W. Mitford Hist. Greece I. viii. 351 Almost all the islands of the Ægean were obnoxious for their ready submission to the Persian summons.

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair iii. i. 63 Again the Ægean, heard no more afar, Lulls his chaf'd breast from elemental war.

1828 J. A. Cramer Geogr. & Hist. Descr. Anc. Greece I. i. 7 The Mare Myrtoum was that part of the Ægæan which lay between the coast of Argolis and Attica.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. i. 287 The Peneius, which carries off all the waters of Thessaly, finding an exit into the Ægean through the narrow defile which parts Ossa from Olympus.

1888 A. H. Sayce Hittites iv. 76 From Carchemish to the Ægean.

1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods viii. 184 The sea route from the Ægean to the Black Sea.

1987 Guardian 13 Mar. 12/3 I will state bluntly that there is not a single site in the Aegean whose material would lead a modern specialist to suppose that it was occupied by Egyptians or Levantines.

2006 Esquire May 153/2 You can cut activity back to a pre-breakfast dive into the cobalt Aegean.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aegean
释义	Aegeanadj.n. Brit. /iːˈdʒiːən/, /ᵻˈdʒiːən/, U.S. /əˈdʒiən/, /eɪˈdʒiən/, /iˈdʒiən/ Forms: 1500s– Aegaean, 1500s– Aegean, 1500s– Egean, 1600s– Egaean, 1800s– Aigaian. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Aegaeus , -an suffix; Greek Αἰγαῖος , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Aegaeus and its etymon ancient Greek Αἰγαῖος Aegean + -an suffix. Compare Middle French egean (French égéen ), adjective (1555 in an apparently isolated attestation, subsequently from 1914). With Aegean Sea at sense A. a compare classical Latin Aegaeum mare, ancient Greek πέλαγος Αἰγαῖον, Αἰγαῖος πόντος. With use as noun compare classical Latin Aegaeum, neuter, ancient Greek Αἰγαῖον, neuter (short for πέλαγος Αἰγαῖον), Αἰγαῖος, masculine (short for Αἰγαῖος πόντος).In Old English in unassimilated form (Egeum ) as a place name (compare Aegean Sea at sense A. a); compare also Egisca (adjective) Aegean ( < post-classical Latin Egeum (in Egeum mare ) + -ish suffix¹):OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 18 Be suþan þære byrig [sc. Constantinople], on suðhealfe þæs sæs earmes þe man hæt Egeum, sindon Athena & Corintus þa land.OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 21 Ðara iglanda þe man hæt Ciclades, þara sindon þreo & fiftig, & be eastan him is se [Ica]risca sæ, & be suðan se Cretisca, & be norðan se Egisca, & be westan Addriaticum. A. adj. a. Of, relating to, or situated in the area between the Greek mainland and Asia Minor. Aegean Sea (in early use also †Sea Aegean): the sea that lies between Greece and Turkey. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Aegean Sea archipelagoc1503 Aegean Sea1513 Goat Sea1567 Aegean1597 arches1626 the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [adjective] > Aegean Aegean1667 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. vi. 136 As the blastis with thar bustuus sovn..cumis thuddand doun On the deip sey Egean [L. alto Aegaeo]. ?1556 N. Smyth tr. Herodian Hist. vi. f. lxix^v All suche lande as the Aegean Sea, and Pontus doo enuiron. 1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs iv. sig. Fiiij Faire Helen thousand Barges brought vnto Aegean sandes. 1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. G2 These Iles Sporades, are scattered in the Ægean sea. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 746 And with the setting Sun Dropt from the Zenith like a falling Star, on Lemnos th' Ægæan Ile. View more context for this quotation 1718 H. Coxwell tr. Horace Odes ii. xvi. 51 In the Ægean Ocean, struck with Fear. 1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to Liberty iv, in Prometheus Unbound 210 Yet a speechless child, Verse murmured, and Philosophy did strain Her lidless eyes for thee; when o'er the Ægean main Athens arose. 1886 J. H. Wright tr. M. Collignon Man. Greek Archæol. Index 373/1 Aegean Islands. 1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans vii. 193 Further east, near Vinca, the [Danubian] culture was modified by influences from the Aegean area. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia I. 117/1 Vases everywhere in the Aegean area had been decorated with designs in dark rather shiny paint. 2009 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 25 Oct. (Travel section) 4 Exquisite descriptions of a childhood spent on the Aegean island of Bozcaada. b. Of, associated with, or designating Bronze Age Greek civilization in the Aegean area. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific Bronze Age Aegean1890 Helladic1919 Aunjetitz1924 Lausitz1928 Apennine1932 Wessex1938 Únětice1947 Únětician1947 Eblaite1976 1890 W. M. F. Petrie Kahun, Gurob & Hawara v. 44/1 The Ha-nebu, or ‘lords of the north’—a name which always means the Aegean peoples, at least in later times. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 55/2 In certain localities, for instance, Cyprus, Crete, and most of the Aegean islands,..Mycenaean remains..form in fact a stratum to be expected on the site of almost every ancient Aegean settlement. 1933 J. L. Myres in Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 63 279 Even earlier Aegean periods. 1941 J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man iii. 92 The Aegean sailors had reached the Atlantic at latest by 2200 B.C. 1952 T. K. Penniman 100 Years Anthropol. iv. 218 Flinders Petrie..had the good fortune to find Aegean pottery in a XIIth Dynasty building at Kahun. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia I. 119/1 Most of what has survived of Aegean Bronze Age writing is on clay tablets. 2010 S. W. Manning in E. H. Cline Oxf. Handbk. Bronze Age Aegean ii. 19 The Egyptian/Near Eastern date associated with either the import or the context of the Aegean export can be roughly applied to the associated Aegean cultural phase. B. n. With the. The Aegean Sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Aegean Sea archipelagoc1503 Aegean Sea1513 Goat Sea1567 Aegean1597 arches1626 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xxvi. 345 Ionas is borne from the Cilician to the Ægean, from thence to Propontis. 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. E3 The fowle from the Proponticke spring, Fild all Th' Egean with their stemming ores. 1784 W. Mitford Hist. Greece I. viii. 351 Almost all the islands of the Ægean were obnoxious for their ready submission to the Persian summons. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair iii. i. 63 Again the Ægean, heard no more afar, Lulls his chaf'd breast from elemental war. 1828 J. A. Cramer Geogr. & Hist. Descr. Anc. Greece I. i. 7 The Mare Myrtoum was that part of the Ægæan which lay between the coast of Argolis and Attica. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. i. 287 The Peneius, which carries off all the waters of Thessaly, finding an exit into the Ægean through the narrow defile which parts Ossa from Olympus. 1888 A. H. Sayce Hittites iv. 76 From Carchemish to the Ægean. 1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods viii. 184 The sea route from the Ægean to the Black Sea. 1987 Guardian 13 Mar. 12/3 I will state bluntly that there is not a single site in the Aegean whose material would lead a modern specialist to suppose that it was occupied by Egyptians or Levantines. 2006 Esquire May 153/2 You can cut activity back to a pre-breakfast dive into the cobalt Aegean. 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