单词 | ligurian |
释义 | Ligurianadj.n. A. adj. Belonging to the country anciently called Liguria in Cisalpine Gaul, including Genoa, parts of Piedmont and Savoy, etc. Now sometimes used by ethnologists as the distinctive epithet of a race of humankind supposed to be typically represented by the ancient Ligurians or their modern descendants. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > other racial types > [adjective] Ligurian1632 Mediterranean1876 Eurafrican1890 Alpine1894 Armenoid1894 Nordic1898 Eurasiatic1901 Veddoid1956 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Italy > [adjective] > ancient parts Tyrrhenea1387 Latinc1400 Albana1522 Latian1598 Picene1600 Picenian1619 Ligurian1632 Praenestine1683 Tyrrhenian1797 Picentine1888 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 11 [I am] vnwilling to make relation of my passing through..the Sauoyean, and Ligurian Alpes. 1889 I. Taylor Origin Aryans 214 The primitive Aryans must be sought for among the four European races—Scandinavian, Celtic, Ligurian, and Iberian. B. n. 1. An inhabitant or native of Liguria; a person belonging to the Ligurian race; also, a Ligurian bee. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Italy > parts of Lombard1377 Etrurian1546 Etruscan1563 Ligurian1601 Umbrian1601 Apulian1607 Calabrian1615 Tuscana1640 Piedmontese1647 Romagnese1762 Romagnol1768 Romagnan1832 Romagnola1845 Emilian1893 transpadane1896 Friulian1959 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 57 Of the Ligurians, the most renowned beyond the Alpes, are the Sallij, Deceates, and Oxubij. 1795 W. Gifford Mæviad 324 Together we explored the stoic page Of the Ligurian, stern tho' beardless sage [sc. Persius]. 1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 72/2 There is a great disagreement among authors concerning the origin of the Ligurians, though most probably they were descended from the Gauls. 2. The Indo-European language of the ancient Ligurians; the Gallo-Italian dialect of this region 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 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > Italian > varieties of courtesan1549 Roman1561 Tuscan1568 Lombard1598 Neapolitan1598 Venetian1598 Lucchese1642 Milanese1642 Piedmontese1642 Romanesco1792 Sicilian1818 Ligurian1835 Bolognese1839 Corsican1855 Florentine1855 Veronese1872 Emilian1878 Romanaccio1963 Torinese1975 1835 G. C. Lewis Ess. Romance Lang. i. 50 The diffusion of the Latin over Italy, in the place of the Etruscan, the Oscan, the Ligurian, and other native dialects, has been already noted. 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. 1909 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. XL. 81 The net result of the study is that by far the greater part of what is called Ligurian is strictly Gallic. 1927 C. H. Grandgent From Lat. to Ital. 6 In the northwest of Italy we find the Piedmontese dialect, and, to the south, along the Gulf of Genoa from Monaco to Carrara, the Ligurian. 1933 R. S. Conway et al. Prae-Italic Dial. Italy II. ii. 70 Of Ligurian properly so called very little can be said to be known. 1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. xi. 335 In the general area of Lago Maggiore, some seventy-two inscriptions..have been discovered... Their language may well represent the sole known remnants of Ligurian, which would seem to have stood midway between Italic and Celtic. 1968 Encycl. Brit. XII. 711/2 The dialects may be divided into six major classes: 1. Gallo-Italian: (a) Piedmontese; (b) Ligurian; (c) Lombard; (d) Emilian [etc.]. 1974 R. A. Hall External Hist. Romance Lang. iii. 51 Ligurian, used along what is now the Italian and French Riveria [sic], and perhaps to the north of this area in present-day Piedmont and Savoy. 3. = Ligurian bee n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Apidae (honey-bee) > apis ligustrica Ligurian1875 Ligurian bee1875 1875 J. Hunter Man. Bee-keeping 141 The name ‘Ligurian’ appears to have been given by Spinola, who described it in 1805. 1875 J. Hunter Man. Bee-keeping 143 Many Bee-keepers..have successfully replaced their Black Queens with Ligurians, and so eventually succeeded in Ligurianizing their whole apiary. Compounds Ligurian bee n. a kind of honey-bee, Apis ligustrica, indigenous in southern Europe. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Apidae (honey-bee) > apis ligustrica Ligurian1875 Ligurian bee1875 1875 J. Hunter Man. Bee-keeping 141 (heading) Ligurian bees and the methods of Ligurianizing an apiary. 1875 J. Hunter Man. Bee-keeping 141 On the 19th of July, 1859, the Ligurian Bee was introduced to England. Ligurian republic n. the republic of Genoa, 1797–1805. ΚΠ 1813 R. Southey Life Nelson vi About seventy sail of vessels belonging to the Ligurian republic. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 54 It is best exemplified by the constitution of the Italian Republic, which was closely copied in the Ligurian. Derivatives Liˈgurianize v. (transitive) to make (a colony of bees) Ligurian. ΚΠ 18751 [see Ligurian bee n. at Compounds]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1601 |
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