单词 | iapygian |
释义 | Iapygianadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to the ancient natives and district of Iapygia, the name given by the Greeks to the peninsula of Apulia in southern Italy. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [adjective] Latinc1400 Latian1598 sybarite1599 Messapian1608 Faliscan1686 Peucetiana1734 sybaritic1786 Iapygian1864 Venetian1866 Atestine1931 1864 P. Smith Hist. World II. 138 It is here..that we find traces of the Iapygian race, in the peninsula called by the Greeks Messapia. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 778/1 In Apulia..the Iapygian tribes of Messapii, Daunii and Peucetii established themselves. B. n. a. A native of Iapygia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [noun] Albana1387 Latina1398 Venetian1432 Picentine1598 sybarite1598 Faliscan1600 Picene1601 sybaritan1608 Picenian1610 Peucetian1615 Pompeian1654 Praenestine1683 Iapygian1773 Messapian1773 Atestine1924 Cumaean1931 1773 J. Langhorne tr. C. Denina Diss. Anc. Republics Italy 26 The Iapygyans and Messapians [lost] fifty thousand infantry. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 443/2 The peninsula which stretches eastward towards Greece was inhabited by a people termed by the Greeks Messapians or Iapygians. b. The language of the Iapygians; = Messapian n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > pre-Italic Rhaetiana1832 Ligurian1835 Iapygian1882 Messapian1882 Venetic1903 Rhaetic1933 Picenian1939 Sicel1939 Picene1949 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 327/1 Inscriptions have been found in considerable numbers, written in a language known as Iapygian or Messapian. 1888 J. E. King & C. Cookson Princ. Sound & Inflexion Greek & Lat. 30 Of the Iapygian in the extreme south and the Ligurian in the north, very little is known. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.n.1773 |
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