| 单词 | civil crown |
| 释义 | > as lemmascivil crown civil crown n. Roman History a crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns given in ancient Rome as a mark of distinction to a person who saved the life of a fellow-citizen in war; see civic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > decorations or orders > crowns and wreaths naval crown?a1439 civil crowna1522 civic garland1542 obsidional crown1546 oval1614 civic crown1649 olive crown1679 crown-mure1682 rostral crown1686 stephane1847 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. xiii. 37 With ciuile crownys of the strang aik tre. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. i. 7/1 The Civil Crown, or Citizens Crown: this was made of the flourishing branches of the Oak fructed..and was given by the City of Rome, to their fellow Cittizens, who had saved a Citizens life, either in a Siege or Battel. 1748 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 430/1 On the reverse is a civil crown, with the arms of his serene highness above, and those of the city below. 1865 P. Smith Hist. World (1866) III. xxxvii. 355 For these merits, and others more particularly enumerated, he had been honoured with the laurel wreath and civil crown. 1935 tr. H. Wendel Danton iv. 249 The ‘People's Friend’ was..carried back to the Manège in triumph by cheering throngs, with a civil crown on his brow. 2002 F. Millar Rome, Greek World, & East I. 133 177 [Senators] were chosen, in the following order of preference: men elected to a curule magistracy since the last censorship;..those who had set up captured spoils at home or won a civil crown. < as lemmas |
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