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单词 anabathrum
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anabathrumn.

Brit. /ˌanəˈbaθrəm/, U.S. /ˌænəˈbæθrəm/
Inflections: Plural anabathra.
Forms: 1600s– anabathrum, 1700s arabathrum (probably transmission error).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin anabathrum.
Etymology: < classical Latin anabathrum elevated seat (Juvenal) < Hellenistic Greek ἀνάβαθρον elevated seat < ancient Greek ἀνα- ana- prefix + βάθρον base, pedestal < the stem of βαίνειν to go (see basis n.) + -θρον , instrumental suffix. Compare earlier anabathur n.The erroneous form arabathrum in quot. 1708 could perhaps have been influenced by association with classical Latin āra altar (see Ara n.).
Now rare.
A raised platform or seat.
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1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Anabathrum, a place whereunto we ascend by steps.
1708 E. Hatton New View London II. 461/2 The Arabathrum [sic] whereon the Communion-Table is placed, is 5 Steps higher than that of the Choirs Iles.
1805 S. Arnott Column called Monument ii. 16 The Sovereign, King Charles II. is represented standing on an anabathrum, or place ascended to by three steps.
1834 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 178/2 Some of these traditions..represent Sapor as using his Imperial captive for his stepping-stone, or anabathrum, in mounting his horse.
1989 Archaeol. Rep. for 1998–9 (Soc. for Promotion Hellenic Stud.) No. 35. 9/2 The relatively well-preserved state of the Odeion and the W anabathra of the Theatre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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