单词 | manes |
释义 | manesn. 1. With plural agreement. The deified souls of dead ancestors (as beneficent spirits, as opposed to larvae and lemures: see larva n., lemur n.); (also, sometimes with singular agreement) the spirit or shade of a dead person, considered as an object of homage or reverence or as demanding to be propitiated. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > spirit of deceased person > revered spirits manesa1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1363 Thei hadden goddes..And tho be name Manes hihten, To whom ful gret honour thei dihten. 1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes i. i. 2 If it were douted..they had liued well or yll, then were they called Manes. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xv. vii. 43 As if they meant with Romane bloud to sacrifice unto their wicked Manes. 1633 J. Fisher Fuimus Troes iii. viii. sig. F4v Else would the Manes of your father slaine, In a white sheet come sliding to your Bed. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. iv. ii. 43 The Manes of my son shall smile this day, While I in blood my Vows of Vengeance pay. 1673 Remarques on Humours of Town 18 The delight, or the torment of reflections, being the Manes of past actions. 1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 50 Let Eternal Fame Attend thy Manes, and preserve thy Name. 1726 C. D'Anvers Craftsman (1727) ii. 20 It is indeed only the manes of departed Liberty, which makes the loss of the substance more grievous to us. 1792 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 381 The Chevalier may owe it to the manes of the fallen nobility..to put his name to his own defence and theirs. 1834 Pearl & Lit. Gaz. 4 Jan. 90/3 After looking at a piece of paper..he has thrown it in the street. Peace to its manes. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals (1877) I. ii. 272 The games were..intended as human sacrifices to appease the Manes of the dead. 1880 T. H. Huxley Sci. & Culture (1881) i. 1 We may hope that the manes of the burnt-out philosopher were then finally appeased. 1919 R. Firbank Valmouth vii. 121 He gave, by his eccentric manes..that piquant interest to the churchyard that..she loved. 1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 3 Feb. 22/3 Father and mother were dead but both writers remained closely bound to the old family home, with its rituals and responses, and to the manes of their all-embracing parent. ΚΠ 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 336 A certain Polander shut up the Manes of Plants in Glass Vessels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1393 |
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