† Geticaladj.

Forms: 1500s Gethicall, 1500s Getical.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Geticus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin Geticus (see Getic adj.) + -al suffix¹. Compare later Getic adj.Ovid describes the Getae as fierce and barbaric (e.g. Epistulae ex Ponto 1. 5. 66, 2. 7. 31). In the 16th century their ingratitude was considered proverbial: the source of quot. 1565² and a Latin source of 1564 (P. Rebuffi Tractatus de Decimis) quote different versions of the following proverb: superat enim ingratos Getas ‘for he overcomes the ungrateful Getans’.

Obsolete.

Characteristic of or resembling the Getae (see Getan n.) (in quots. used of ingratitude and lying). H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. (1623) defines the word as ‘vile, wicked’.

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1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον Ded. f. 2 Fearing least the note of a Gethicall ingratitude..should be imputed..to my charge.

1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον Ded. (Miscellanea) f. 4^v Gethicall... Getæ, were people in Scythia... Therefore this Epitheton Gethicall is applied to them that be barbarous, fierce and vnthankefull.

1568 C. Watson in tr. Polybius Hystories To Rdr. Sig. A.iij^v Least I might incurre the suspition of certain in that Getical kind of gabbing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	getical
释义	† Geticaladj. Forms: 1500s Gethicall, 1500s Getical. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Geticus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin Geticus (see Getic adj.) + -al suffix¹. Compare later Getic adj.Ovid describes the Getae as fierce and barbaric (e.g. Epistulae ex Ponto 1. 5. 66, 2. 7. 31). In the 16th century their ingratitude was considered proverbial: the source of quot. 1565² and a Latin source of 1564 (P. Rebuffi Tractatus de Decimis) quote different versions of the following proverb: superat enim ingratos Getas ‘for he overcomes the ungrateful Getans’. Obsolete. Characteristic of or resembling the Getae (see Getan n.) (in quots. used of ingratitude and lying). H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. (1623) defines the word as ‘vile, wicked’. ΚΠ 1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον Ded. f. 2 Fearing least the note of a Gethicall ingratitude..should be imputed..to my charge. 1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον Ded. (Miscellanea) f. 4^v Gethicall... Getæ, were people in Scythia... Therefore this Epitheton Gethicall is applied to them that be barbarous, fierce and vnthankefull. 1568 C. Watson in tr. Polybius Hystories To Rdr. Sig. A.iij^v Least I might incurre the suspition of certain in that Getical kind of gabbing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1565
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