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单词 epos
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eposn.

/ˈɛpɒs/
Etymology: < Latin epos, < Greek ἔπος word, song, < ἐπ- stem of είπεῖν to say.
1.
a. A collective term for early unwritten narrative poems celebrating incidents of heroic tradition; the rudimentary form of epic poetry.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > collectively > early or unwritten
epos1839
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xii. 124 The epos..in this respect appears to have adhered to the model of the ancient hymnody.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. 234 The age of the epos is followed by that of the epopee.
1883 H. M. Kennedy tr. B. ten Brink Early Eng. Lit. 148 The ancient Epos hardly survived.
b. An epic poem: = epic n., epopee n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem
epic1583
epopee1697
epopœia1749
epos1855
1855 R. Browning Cleon in Men & Women II. 173 That epos on thy hundred plates of gold Is mine.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh v. 186 Every age..expects a morn And claims an epos.
1858 R. C. Trench Parables 45 The action, gradually unfolding itself of an Epos.
c. Epic poetry.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > collectively
epos1835
epical1870
1835 J. B. Robertson tr. F. von Schlegel Philos. of Hist. (1846) 6 The author next passes in review the Hesiodic epos, the middle epos, or the works of the Cyclic poets.
1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets viii. 52 Almost rises into epos and prophecy.
2. transferred. A series of striking events worthy of epic treatment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice > of epic treatment
epic1833
epos1848
1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 234 All these episodes of the great epos [the insurrection of Paris] were similar in character, and imbodied the same lessons.
1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. Prel. p. vi She found her epos in the reform of a religious order.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

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EPOS
EPOS n. [initialism < electronic point of sale] a system which allows retail transactions to be recorded electronically; frequently attributive.
ΘΚΠ
society > computing and information technology > [noun] > information systems
EPOS1972
MIS1972
1972 Pacific Stars & Stripes 21 Nov. 8/1 EPOS equipment from all manufacturers is still being given careful study.
1978 Jrnl. Marketing 42 No. 3. 127/3 Other equipment may be added to the EPOS to extend the capability of advanced applications.
1987 T. Forester High-tech Society (1989) viii. 234 The checkout operator passes the printed bar code on each item over the laser scanner built into the EPOS terminal.
2003 Asian Trader 7 Nov. 13/4 There have also been technological changes such as stock control through EPOS.
2004 Grocer 10 Jan. 42/3 Ranges can be adjusted as EPoS data is examined.
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