| 单词 | king of the gods |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKing of the Gods b. Frequently with of. (A title of or name for) a god or supreme being, esp. in ancient religions, legend, and mythology; spec. (a) the god of a particular realm or sphere of activity (b) (esp. in King of the Gods) a chief or supreme god in a pantheon. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > demigod or hero kingeOE half-godc1374 semigoda1464 heroa1522 demigod1530 indigetec1550 petty god1581 under-god1583 heroic1586 godling1596 semi-deity?1624 goddikin1675 medioxumus1677 godkin1765 man-god1826 godlet1884 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] kingeOE master-spiritc1175 douzepersc1330 sire1362 worthya1375 lantern1382 sira1400 greatc1400 noblec1400 persona1425 lightc1425 magnate?a1439 worthyman1439 personagec1460 giant1535 honourablec1540 triedc1540 magnifico1573 ornament1573 signor1583 hero1592 grandee1604 prominent1608 name1611 magnificent1612 choice spirita1616 illustricity1637 luminary1692 lion1715 swell1786 notable1796 top-sawyer1826 star1829 celebrity1831 notability1832 notoriety1841 mighty1853 tycoon1861 reputation1870 public figure1871 star turn1885 headliner1896 front-pager1899 legend1899 celeb1907 big name1909 big-timer1917 Hall of Famer1948 megastar1969 eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxiii. 491 Ða cleopode se hellwara cyning & cwæð: Wutun agifan ðæm esne his wif. OE Cynewulf Juliana 437 Þu in ecne god, þrymsittendne, þinne getreowdes, meotud moncynnes, swa ic in minne fæder, hellwarena cyning, hyht staþelie. c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 38 (MED) Sathanas..is keiser & king icrunet of us alle. c1330 Sir Orfeo (Auch.) (1966) l. 283 (MED) Þe king o fairy wiþ his rout Com to hunt him al about. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xli. 25 He [sc. Leviathan] ys king vpon alle the sones of pride [L. rex super universos filios superbiae]. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 592 Were hym leuere..With pluto kyng as depe ben yn helle As Tantalus. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 9 (MED) Feendys..sett a brennyng chayre in whiche here kyng as prince of feendys sate on hyȝe. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 12 Distroy the Deuill..Quhilk of this warld is Prince and King. a1592 R. Greene Comicall Hist. Alphonsus (1599) i. sig. B2 Pluto king of darke Auerne. 1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. Rr1 Being King of the Gods, and able, by the demission of a coard, to draw up earth, and sea. 1685 E. Sherburne tr. Theocritus Idyll XVI in N. Tate Poems by Several Hands 156 Oh mighty Jove! Father of Gods! Heav'ns King! 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 510 Love in Idleness..is doubtless the herb to which..Shakespear attributes such extraordinary virtues in the person of Oberon king of the fairies. 1792 D. Watson tr. Horace Wks. (new ed.) II. 108 Great Jupiter, king and father, grant that my weapon may perish with rust. 1822 tr. Xenophon Anabasis iii. i. 70 The dream seemed to him to be indeed from Jupiter the king. 1844 J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller Introd. Sci. Syst. Mythology xiv. 244 He was doomed to serve the king of the subterraneans. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xiv. 272 Indra was in Vedic times the king of the gods. 1992 G. Hancock Sign & Seal iv. xiii. 325 Osiris went through a process of resurrection to become god of the dead and king of the underworld. 2012 D. Cornell Child of Sea 83 When sailors cross the line of the Equator for the very first time, they must be initiated by Neptune, King of the Sea. < as lemmas |
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