单词 | coronary gold |
释义 | > as lemmascoronary gold b. coronary gold [translating Latin coronarium aurum] : ‘a present of gold collected in the provinces for a victorious general; originally expended for a golden crown’ (Lewis and Short). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > reward of victory goal1548 coronary gold1701 1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome 308 The Coronary Gold which was alway's presented to the Emperors by all their Subjects upon a Victory, or any other public occasion of Gratulation. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 71. 1862 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VII. lxi. 110 Large gifts, under the name of coronary gold, were required from every province. < as lemmas |
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