单词 | iberian |
释义 | Iberianadj.n. A. adj. 1. (a) Of or pertaining to ancient Iberia in Europe (comprising Spain and Portugal, the ‘Iberian peninsula’), or its inhabitants. (b) Basque. (c) Of Spain and Portugal unitedly. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of Iberia > [adjective] Celtiberian1614 Iberiana1618 a1618 J. Sylvester Tobacco Battered 692 By This, th' Iberian Argonauts May be suppos'd..T' have kill'd more Men then by their Martyrdom, Or Massacre. 1637 J. Milton Comus 3 Roaving the Celtick, and Iberian fields. 1828–32 Hare & Thirlwall tr. Niebuhr Hist. Rome (1851) I. 171 An Iberian colony at Nora. 1881 Times 21 Apr. 9/4 Whether this Iberian scheme has any chance of realization. 1898 J. Heron Celtic Church 7 There are reasons for believing that the Firbolgs contained an Iberian element. 2. Of or pertaining to ancient Iberia in Asia, nearly corresponding to modern Georgia. ΚΠ 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 317 The Hyrcanian cliffs Of Caucasus, and dark Iberian dales. View more context for this quotation 3. Pertaining to the Iberians of Britain (cf. B. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [adjective] > ancient Britons > other ancient Britons Icenian1624 Icenic1809 Iberian1880 1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 605/2 Extreme exponents of the theory do not hesitate to speak of the Iberian ancestors of the people of England. 1907 T. R. Holmes Anc. Brit. 65 The race to which they [sc. neolithic inhabitants of Britain] belonged is often called the Iberian, though there is no reason to believe that its British representatives belonged to the Iberian rather than to some other branch of the Mediterranean stock. B. n. 1. a. An inhabitant of ancient Iberia in Europe; hence: (a) a Basque; (b) a Spanish person. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of Iberia > [noun] Celtiberi1544 Celtiberian1544 Iberian1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Iberians, Spaniards. 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. C When the Iberian quak'd, her [sc. England's] worthies nam'd. 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man (1848) xxiv. 256 The language of the ancient Iberians has survived..in the vernacular speech of the Biscayans in Spain and the Basques of France. b. The language of ancient Iberia, supposed to be represented by the modern Basque. 2. An inhabitant of ancient Iberia in Asia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of ancient cities or states > [noun] MedeeOE PartheOE PuniceOE NineviteOE Trojanc1330 sodomitea1382 Phoeniciana1387 Macedonianc1400 Parthianc1400 Macedonc1440 Phrygian?1473 Mycenaeanc1487 Tyrian1513 Sidonian?1520 Galatian1526 Canaanite1530 Cananaean1534 Milesian1550 Sogdian1553 Syrophœnician1560 Molossian1563 Hyrcanian1567 Palmyrene1567 Pergamenian1579 Smyrnian1579 Mysian1581 Carthaginian1592 Punican1595 Lycian1598 Smyrnaean1598 Phocaean1600 Gallo-greeks1601 Iberian1601 Minaean1601 Susian1601 Cappadocian1607 Carian1607 Paphlagonian1607 Hamathite1611 Pergamene1612 Byzantiana1620 Gallo-graecians1619 Chalcidian1654 Philadelphiana1680 Xanthian1685 Palmyrenian1697 Isaurian1776 Dardan1813 Byzantine1836 Bœotian1839 Ilian1847 Susianian1874 Libyo-Phœnician1876 Khaldian1882 Mitannian1907 Iconian1911 Petraean1923 Lycaonian1926 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 119 You enter..into the Iberians region, who are separated from the Albanois..by the riuer Alazon, which runneth downe from the Caucasian hills. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 43 The Iberians, saith Montanus, dwelt neare to Meotis: certaine Colonies of them inhabited Spaine, and called it Hiberia. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. ii. 54 The Georgians are those people whom Cosmographers cal Iberians. 3. A neolithic inhabitant of Britain, considered as one of a branch of the continental Iberians. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [noun] > ancient Britons > other ancient Britons Belges?1556 Belgae1573 Icenian1598 Iberian1880 1880 W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. ix. 322 The Silures, identified by Tacitus with the Iberians, were left only in those fastnesses which were subsequently a refuge for the Welsh against the English invaders. 1900 W. A. Dutt Norfolk 7 The Iceni..were probably mentally as well as physically superior to the Iberians. 1920 H. F. Henderson Relig. in Scotl. i. 11 The Iberians absorbed the Celts without serious dilution of their original characteristics. 1957 G. Ashe King Arthur's Avalon i. 15 Throughout a long stretch of years the inhabitants of Britain were dark little Iberians. Derivatives Iˈberianism n. (see quot. 1880). ΚΠ 1880 Literary World 8 Oct. 234/2 Iberianism, the project of bringing Spain and Portugal together under a single crown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1601 |
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