gigantomachyn.

/dʒʌɪɡanˈtɒməki/

Forms: Also ‖ gigantoˈmachia.

Etymology: < Greek γιγαντομαχία, < γιγαντ(ο)- , γίγᾱς giant n. and adj. + μάχη battle.

1. (a) The war of the giants against the gods. (b) A contest resembling this.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > (like) that of giants and gods

gigantomachy1606

1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xvii. sig. E4 In a Gigantomachy, they prease to commix the heauen with the hell.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 18 There had been always..a kind of Gigantomachy betwixt these two Parties or Sects of men.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 148 This with our church monomachie Ends with a gigantomachie.

1710 W. Hume Sacred Succession 308 Its former Gigantomachy drove our Church into the Wilderness.

1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 127 The Tartarus, which he prepares for the defeated Titans, after the Gigantomachia.

1885 Illustr. London News 11 Nov. 492 So ‘tall’ were the scores..that it was a veritable ‘gigantomachia’, or ‘battle of the Anakim’.

2. A representation of the same.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > a sculpture or carving > group or spec. subject

antic1532

Our Lady Piety1533

drapery1552

antiquary1573

urn1653

story1657

Pietàc1660

gigantomachy1820

set piece1846

terminal1865

wheatear1882

protome1886

protoma1894

koruru1897

blemya1915

Lincoln imp1926

1820 T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily I. i. 19 In the pediment, however, of the eastern portico was sculptured in high relief the Gigantomachia, or Assault of Heaven by the Titans.

1852 Meanderings of Memory I. 128 One is the sculptor, of the statue nice, Or Gigantomachies of rock and ice.

Derivatives

† giganˈtomachize v. Obsolete intransitive. To rise in rebellion like the giants against heaven.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > rise in revolt [verb (intransitive)] > like giants against heaven

gigantomachize1600

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor v. iii. sig. Piv^v The..Goggle-ey'd Grumbledoryes, would ha' Gigantomachiz'd .

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	gigantomachy
释义	gigantomachyn. /dʒʌɪɡanˈtɒməki/ Forms: Also ‖ gigantoˈmachia. Etymology: < Greek γιγαντομαχία, < γιγαντ(ο)- , γίγᾱς giant n. and adj. + μάχη battle. 1. (a) The war of the giants against the gods. (b) A contest resembling this. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > (like) that of giants and gods gigantomachy1606 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xvii. sig. E4 In a Gigantomachy, they prease to commix the heauen with the hell. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 18 There had been always..a kind of Gigantomachy betwixt these two Parties or Sects of men. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 148 This with our church monomachie Ends with a gigantomachie. 1710 W. Hume Sacred Succession 308 Its former Gigantomachy drove our Church into the Wilderness. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 127 The Tartarus, which he prepares for the defeated Titans, after the Gigantomachia. 1885 Illustr. London News 11 Nov. 492 So ‘tall’ were the scores..that it was a veritable ‘gigantomachia’, or ‘battle of the Anakim’. 2. A representation of the same. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > a sculpture or carving > group or spec. subject antic1532 Our Lady Piety1533 drapery1552 antiquary1573 urn1653 story1657 Pietàc1660 gigantomachy1820 set piece1846 terminal1865 wheatear1882 protome1886 protoma1894 koruru1897 blemya1915 Lincoln imp1926 1820 T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily I. i. 19 In the pediment, however, of the eastern portico was sculptured in high relief the Gigantomachia, or Assault of Heaven by the Titans. 1852 Meanderings of Memory I. 128 One is the sculptor, of the statue nice, Or Gigantomachies of rock and ice. Derivatives † giganˈtomachize v. Obsolete intransitive. To rise in rebellion like the giants against heaven. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > rise in revolt [verb (intransitive)] > like giants against heaven gigantomachize1600 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor v. iii. sig. Piv^v The..Goggle-ey'd Grumbledoryes, would ha' Gigantomachiz'd . View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1600
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