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单词 aeneid
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Aeneidn.

Brit. /iːˈniːɪd/, /ᵻˈniːɪd/, /ˈiːnɪɪd/, U.S. /əˈniəd/
Forms:

α. Old English–1600s Eneidos, Middle English Eneydes, Middle English–1500s Eneydos, 1500s Aeneiados, 1500s Aeneides, 1500s Eneiedos, 1500s–1600s Aeneados, 1500s–1600s Eneados, 1500s–1700s Aeneidos; also Scottish pre-1700 Eneados, pre-1700 Eneydes, pre-1700 Eneydois.

β. Middle English Eneyde, Middle English–1500s Eneyd, Middle English–1900s Eneid, 1500s Eneade, 1500s–1600s Aeneade, 1500s–1600s Aeneide, 1500s–1600s Enead, 1500s–1700s Aenead, 1500s– Aeneid, 1600s Eneide.

γ. Scottish pre-1700 Eneadan, pre-1700 Eneadane, pre-1700 Eneadon, pre-1700 Eneadone, pre-1700 Eneadoun.

δ. 1500s Aenaeis, 1500s–1600s Eneis, 1500s– Aeneis.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Aenēidos, Aenēis; Latin Aenēid-, Aenēis.
Etymology: In α. forms < classical Latin Aenēidos, genitive of Aenēis (see below); compare Italian †Eneidos (a1307), Spanish †Eneidos (1494; 1490 as †Eneydos ). In β. forms < classical Latin Aenēid-, Aenēis, the name of an epic poem by Virgil ( < the name of Aenēās (ancient Greek Αἰνείας ), the son of Venus and Anchises and reputed ancestor of the Romans + -is -id suffix2); compare Middle French Eneide , French Énéide (1552 or earlier), Spanish Eneida (1490; a1284 as †Eneyda ), Italian Eneide (a1334), †Eneida (c1293), Middle High German (plural) Eneide . In δ. forms directly < classical Latin Aenēis.With β. forms in -ad , -ade compare -ad suffix1. In γ. forms after ancient Greek -άδων, genitive plural of 3rd-declension nouns in -ας (see -ad suffix1 3).
(The name of) a Latin epic poem in twelve books by Virgil (70–19 b.c.) which relates the travels and experiences of Aeneas after the fall of Troy; (also) any of the twelve books of this poem. Also in extended use.In earlier use, frequently in plural as the name of the poem.
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AeneidOE
OdysseyOE
Iliad1579
Ramayana1714
Theseid1725
Thebaïd1728
Cid1755
Mahabharata1768
Nibelungenlied1810
OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. iii. 162 Swa [sc. according to the ‘mixed’, i.e. epic mode] þas þing synd gesette þe man nemð Ylias and Odissia Omeri and Eneidos Virgilii.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 407 Poeta haþ þat name of feynynge, and suche on was Virgil, specialliche in his Eneyd [L. in Æneid], and Ovidius.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 539 He hadde hent kyng Priam by the berd And slayn hym as seith vs Eneydos.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 342 (MED) It is he [sc. Aeneas] to whom so greet a loos Virgile ȝaf in his Eneydos.
1490 W. Caxton in tr. Boke yf Eneydos sig. Bj This present booke compyled by virgyle..Intytuled Eneydos.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) v. 27 Virgil..in the sext beuk of his eneados.
1589 A. Fleming in tr. Virgil Bucolikes Main Argt. sig. A4 His Bucoliks, or Pastoralls..his Georgiks or ruralls..his Æneids or Martialls.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xii. 86 As he that translated certaine bookes of Virgils Eneydos in such measures & not vncommendably.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 96 The beastly Monk..had e'ne learned as far as Virgil's Æneids, whence he fetched the Platform of this pretty Conceit.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 790 Virgil in his Sixth Ænead.
?1705 T. D'Urfey Ess. towards Theory of Intelligible World 82 Lucretius's Æneis must also be owned infinitely Preferable to Virgil's.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 60. ¶2 I have seen half the Æneid turned into Latin Rhymes.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. ii. 12 I have often thought, that by the particular Description of Cerberus the Porter of Hell, in the 6th Æneid, Virgil might possibly intend to satyrize the Porters of the great Men in his Time.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xli. 23 And for their Æneids, Iliads, and Odysseys, Were forced to make an odd sort of apology.
1867 N. Amer. Rev. July 129 Mr. Conington..has produced an English Æneid, of which it may be fairly said, that..its tone is not Virgilian.
1918 R. A. Knox Spiritual Aeneid i. 1 An Aeneid involves not merely coming home, but coming home to a place you have never been in before.
1950 S. Spender in W. Whitman Sel. Poems Introd. 7 Leaves of Grass is a vague, formless, but nevertheless impressive and rhapsodic Aeneid of the American Civil War.
1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair 32 The most important Greek epic of the 3rd century BC, the only epic before Virgil's Aeneid that could be compared with Homer in subject and extent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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