Dianan.

Brit.

/dʌɪˈanə/,

/dʌɪˈeɪnə/, U.S.

/daɪˈænə/,

/ˈdiænə/

Forms: Anglicized Middle English– Dian /ˈdaɪən/. Also Middle English–1500s Diane, 1500s Dyane, Dean.

Etymology: < Latin Diāna in French diane, whence English Diane, Dian, retained as a poetic form.

a. An ancient Italian female divinity, the moon-goddess, patroness of virginity and of hunting; subsequently regarded as identical with the Greek Artemis, and so with other deities which were identified with the latter, e.g. the Artemis or Diana of the Ephesians.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Diana or Artemis

Dianac1275

Phoebea1393

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 575 A wifmonnes liche..Diana [c1300 Otho Diane] wes ihaten.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xix. 24 Makinge siluerene housis to Dian.

a1400–50 Alexander 2299 To Dyanaas temple.

1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 186 Dyane, the goddesse chaste of woddis grene.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 89 Or on Dianaes altar to protest, For aye, austeritie and single life.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 72 Dians budde, or Cupids flower, Hath such force, and blessed power.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. iv. 153 Dian, goddess of the golden bow.

b. poetic. The moon personified as a goddess.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun]

moonOE

Diana1398

Hecatec1420

lady of the night1480

luna?1499

Lucina?1504

Phoebe1600

queen of the night?1610

mother of months1613

noctiluca1623

Cynthia1645

Oliver?1747

star-queen1818

Paddy's lantern1834

parish lantern1847

night-sun1855

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xvii. 328 The mone is callyd Dyana, goddes of wodes and of groues.

1660 J. S. Andromana ii. v Pale-fac'd Dian maketh haste to hide Her borrow'd glory in some neighb'ring cloud.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xxvii. 16 Meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air.

†c. Alluding to Acts xix. 24: Source of gain.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > source of profit

get-penny1605

Diana1640

money-spinner1825

money-maker1850

oof-bird1888

grosser1959

port wages1992

1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 237 So loth were they to forgo their Diana.

1681 J. Houghton Coll. Improvem. Husb. 28 Apr. No. 353 They..are prohibiting our wollen manufactures which is our Diana.

d. attributive or adj. Virgin, unsullied.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > [adjective]

fairOE

unfiledc1200

purec1300

undefouled13..

unfouledc1380

fresha1393

finec1440

filthless1532

taintless1590

virgin1596

untainted1609

indevirginate?1624

unpolluted1771

germless1869

Diana1870

sterile1877

aseptic1883

pristine1910

1870 J. Orton Andes & Amazon ix. 144 Snow of Dian Purity.

e. transferred.

ΚΠ

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 517 Nymphs were Dianas then, and swains had hearts That felt their virtues.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 25 Oct. 2/1 Some of these fair Dianas are clad in divided skirts.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Nov. 944/4 The Dianas of our modern horse-shows will be mildly surprised to learn..that the astride seat is impossible for women.

2. In early Chemistry a name for silver.By the astro-alchemists also called Luna, from the ‘silver’ light of the moon: cf. the other planetary names of the metals Sol, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, i.e. gold, quicksilver, copper, iron, tin, and lead.Hence Tree of Diana n. Arbor Dianæ: the dendritic amalgam precipitated by mercury from a solution of nitrate of silver.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > silver

silverc825

lunac1386

argenta1533

plate1559

Diana1706

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > salts named by atomic number > nitrates or nitrites > solution containing > dendritic amalgam precipitated by mercury from

Tree of Diana1706

the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > silver > [noun]

silverc825

moona1500

Ag1814

Tree of Diana1849

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Diana's Tree..whereby a Mixture of Silver, Quick-silver and Spirit of Nitre may be Crystallized in shape of a Tree, with little Balls at the end of its Branches representing Fruit.

1798 G. Gregory Econ. Nature (1804) II. 247 (note) Diana's tree, from the whim of the alchemists..who appropriated silver to the Moon, or Diana.

1849 J. R. Jackson Lett. Minerals 287 A pretty metallic vegetation in glass jars:..called the Tree of Diana.

3. Diana monkey n. Cercopithecus Diana, a large African monkey, so named from a crescent-shaped white marking on its forehead.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Cercopithecus > Cercopithecus diana (Diana monkey)

roloway1781

Diana monkey1812

1812 W. Smellie & W. Wood tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular X. 190 This monkey..is the same animal that Linnæus has called Diana.

1860 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. I. 49 The most conspicuous feature in the Diana Monkey is the long and sharply pointed beard.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diana
释义	Dianan. Brit. /dʌɪˈanə/, /dʌɪˈeɪnə/, U.S. /daɪˈænə/, /ˈdiænə/ Forms: Anglicized Middle English– Dian /ˈdaɪən/. Also Middle English–1500s Diane, 1500s Dyane, Dean. Etymology: < Latin Diāna in French diane, whence English Diane, Dian, retained as a poetic form. 1. a. An ancient Italian female divinity, the moon-goddess, patroness of virginity and of hunting; subsequently regarded as identical with the Greek Artemis, and so with other deities which were identified with the latter, e.g. the Artemis or Diana of the Ephesians. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Diana or Artemis Dianac1275 Phoebea1393 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 575 A wifmonnes liche..Diana [c1300 Otho Diane] wes ihaten. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xix. 24 Makinge siluerene housis to Dian. a1400–50 Alexander 2299 To Dyanaas temple. 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 186 Dyane, the goddesse chaste of woddis grene. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 89 Or on Dianaes altar to protest, For aye, austeritie and single life. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 72 Dians budde, or Cupids flower, Hath such force, and blessed power. View more context for this quotation 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. iv. 153 Dian, goddess of the golden bow. b. poetic. The moon personified as a goddess. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] moonOE Diana1398 Hecatec1420 lady of the night1480 luna?1499 Lucina?1504 Phoebe1600 queen of the night?1610 mother of months1613 noctiluca1623 Cynthia1645 Oliver?1747 star-queen1818 Paddy's lantern1834 parish lantern1847 night-sun1855 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xvii. 328 The mone is callyd Dyana, goddes of wodes and of groues. 1660 J. S. Andromana ii. v Pale-fac'd Dian maketh haste to hide Her borrow'd glory in some neighb'ring cloud. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xxvii. 16 Meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air. †c. Alluding to Acts xix. 24: Source of gain. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > source of profit get-penny1605 Diana1640 money-spinner1825 money-maker1850 oof-bird1888 grosser1959 port wages1992 1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 237 So loth were they to forgo their Diana. 1681 J. Houghton Coll. Improvem. Husb. 28 Apr. No. 353 They..are prohibiting our wollen manufactures which is our Diana. d. attributive or adj. Virgin, unsullied. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > [adjective] fairOE unfiledc1200 purec1300 undefouled13.. unfouledc1380 fresha1393 finec1440 filthless1532 taintless1590 virgin1596 untainted1609 indevirginate?1624 unpolluted1771 germless1869 Diana1870 sterile1877 aseptic1883 pristine1910 1870 J. Orton Andes & Amazon ix. 144 Snow of Dian Purity. e. transferred. ΚΠ 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 517 Nymphs were Dianas then, and swains had hearts That felt their virtues. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 25 Oct. 2/1 Some of these fair Dianas are clad in divided skirts. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Nov. 944/4 The Dianas of our modern horse-shows will be mildly surprised to learn..that the astride seat is impossible for women. 2. In early Chemistry a name for silver.By the astro-alchemists also called Luna, from the ‘silver’ light of the moon: cf. the other planetary names of the metals Sol, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, i.e. gold, quicksilver, copper, iron, tin, and lead.Hence Tree of Diana n. Arbor Dianæ: the dendritic amalgam precipitated by mercury from a solution of nitrate of silver. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > silver silverc825 lunac1386 argenta1533 plate1559 Diana1706 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > salts named by atomic number > nitrates or nitrites > solution containing > dendritic amalgam precipitated by mercury from Tree of Diana1706 the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > silver > [noun] silverc825 moona1500 Ag1814 Tree of Diana1849 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Diana's Tree..whereby a Mixture of Silver, Quick-silver and Spirit of Nitre may be Crystallized in shape of a Tree, with little Balls at the end of its Branches representing Fruit. 1798 G. Gregory Econ. Nature (1804) II. 247 (note) Diana's tree, from the whim of the alchemists..who appropriated silver to the Moon, or Diana. 1849 J. R. Jackson Lett. Minerals 287 A pretty metallic vegetation in glass jars:..called the Tree of Diana. 3. Diana monkey n. Cercopithecus Diana, a large African monkey, so named from a crescent-shaped white marking on its forehead. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Cercopithecus > Cercopithecus diana (Diana monkey) roloway1781 Diana monkey1812 1812 W. Smellie & W. Wood tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular X. 190 This monkey..is the same animal that Linnæus has called Diana. 1860 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. I. 49 The most conspicuous feature in the Diana Monkey is the long and sharply pointed beard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1275
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