单词 | count of the saxon shore |
释义 | > as lemmasCount of the Saxon Shore 2. Roman History. [translating various titles in post-classical Latin, as Comes Britanniae (also Comes Britanniarum) Count of Britain, Comes Littoris Saxonici Count of the Saxon Shore (5th cent.).] In the titles of any of various high-ranking civil or military officials of the later Roman Empire, esp. the generals of the Roman province of Britannia in the 4th cent., as Count of Britain and Count of the Saxon Shore. ΚΠ 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea ii. vii. 234 The Counts or Dukes of the midland parts [L. Comitum sive Ducum Mediterraneorum], and the Count of the Sea-Coast or Saxon Shore [L. Comitis tractus Maritimi seu litoris Saxonici], had distinct charges. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1846) II. xvii. 35 All these provincial generals were therefore dukes; but no more than ten among them were dignified with the rank of counts or companions, a title of honour, or rather of favour, which had been recently invented in the court of Constantine. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 445/2 Three other principal officers are mentioned—the Comes littoris Saxonici per Britanniam..the Comes Britanniarum (Count of Britain), and the Dux Britanniarum (Duke of Britain). We have translated the words Comes and Dux, by Count and Duke, after Horsley. 1937 Church Hist. 6 366 Saint Augustine's friend, Count Boniface, at one time desired to resign his army command and enter a holy retreat. 1966 Classical Philol. 61 236/1 Of all the revolts, perhaps the most puzzling is that of Heraclian, Count of Africa, that is, military commander in the North African diocese. 1998 F. Cioffi Wittgenstein on Freud & Frazer 10 His painting of Count Belisarius, blind and soliciting alms from a soldier formerly under his command. < as lemmas |
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