单词 | jove |
释义 | Joven. 1. a. A poetical equivalent of Jupiter, name of the highest deity of the ancient Romans: = Jupiter n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Jupiter Jupiterc1275 Jovec1374 thundererc1374 altitonant?1578 lightener1598 thunder-darter1605 thunder-bearer1608 Saturnian1611 fulminator1613 thunder-mastera1616 fly-way-driver1658 Jupiter Pluvius1864 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 673 (722) Ioue ek for þe loue of faire Europe, The whiche in forme of bole a-way þow fette. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. iv. 100 Therefore in fierce tempest is he comming, In thunder, and in earthquake, like a Ioue. 1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 51 Believing but one supreme Deity, the Father of all other subordinate powers:..whom they called Jupiter or Jove, with plain reference to the Hebrew name Jehovah. 1738 A. Pope Universal Prayer i. 3 In every Clime ador'd, By Saint, by Savage, and by Sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! 1886 T. Martin tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust 120 I even upheaved the glorious seat of Jove. b. Colloquially used in the asseveration by Jove: cf. Latin pro Juppiter, pro Jovem. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene loOE spi?c1225 how mischance——?c1330 with mischance!c1330 by my hoodc1374 by my sheath1532 by the mouse-foot1550 what the (also a) goodyear1570 bread and salt1575 by Jove1575 in (good) truly1576 by these hilts1598 by the Lord Harry1693 by the pody cody1693 by jingo!1694 splutter1707 by jing!1786 I snore1790 declare1811 by the hokey1825 shiver my timbers1834 by the (great) horn spoon1842 upon my Sam1879 for goodness' sake1885 yerra1892 for the love of Mike1896 by the hokey fiddle1922 knickers1971 1575 R. B. Apius & Virginia sig. Biijv By Ioue master Marchant..Would get but smale argent, if I did not stand, His very good master. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 494 By Ioue, I all wayes tooke three threes for nine. View more context for this quotation 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iii. i. 28 Luc. Did you ever see me before? Roeb. Never, by Jove. 1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage I. ix. 96 ‘Venus and the Graces, by Jove!’ exclaimed Sir Sampson. 1885 M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird I. i. 24 By Jove! here comes the Coroner. c. In names of plants, as Jove's beard n. = Jupiter's beard n. ( Treasury Bot. 1866). Jove's fruit n. a variety of wild Allspice or Feverbush ( Lindera melissæfolia), growing in the southern United States ( Treasury Bot.). Jove's nut n. dialect the acorn (Halliwell 1847–78). 2. a. The planet Jupiter (poetic). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [noun] > Jupiter Jupiterc1290 Jovec1374 phaeton1631 proto-Jupiter1950 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 576 (625) Saturne and Ioue in Cancro Ioyned were. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 50 Ask..Why Jove's Satellites are less than Jove. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 634 The moons of Jove, and Saturn's belted ball. View more context for this quotation b. Heraldry. = Azure. Cf. Jupiter n. 2c. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > colour > blue azurea1330 Jove1562 periwinkle1562 sapphire1562 Jupiter1572 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 129 The Torse is by nature wreathed with pure colours of wise Ioue and Pale Luna, Manteled of the first. c. Alchemy. Tin. Cf. Jupiter n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > tin > [noun] tinc897 Jupiterc1386 Jove1599 white lead1601 stannum1783 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 45 When Ioue they turne to Sol or Luna fine. Compounds Jove begotten, Jove-born, Jove-like, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. F2 Yet in her wombe the Ioue-bred Issue striues. 1637 J. Milton Comus 23 Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Ægypt gave to Iove borne Helena. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 582 The Jove-descended maid. 1774 Epist. to Sir W. Chambers Her. Postscr. 84 So when o'er Crane Court's philosophic gods The Jove-like majesty of Pringle nods. 1851 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad vi. 115 There Jove-beloved Hector entered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1374 |
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