α. 1800s– Massaliot, 1900s– Massaliote.
β. 1800s– Massiliot Brit. /maˈsɪlɪət/, U.S. /məˈsɪliət/, /məˈsɪliˌɑt/.
单词 | massaliot |
释义 | Massaliotn.adj.α. 1800s– Massaliot, 1900s– Massaliote. β. 1800s– Massiliot Brit. /maˈsɪlɪət/, U.S. /məˈsɪliət/, /məˈsɪliˌɑt/. Ancient History. A. n. A native or inhabitant of Massalia (modern Marseilles), a Greek colony founded around 600 b.c. on the Mediterranean coast of southern France, and renowned for its stable oligarchic government.The colony was known to Roman writers as Massilia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > other inhabitants of ancient Europe > [noun] Old Saxona1387 Massilian1563 Pannonian1578 Silurist1650 Dacian1776 West German1854 Massaliot1856 α. β. 1873 G. W. Kitchin Hist. France i. ii. 23 The whole seaboard from Var to Rhone was given to the Massiliots.1898 A. Hassal Jervis's Hist. France (rev. ed.) i. 7 Pompey was beaten, and Cæsar's hand fell heavily on the Massiliots.1937 Speculum 12 170 The uncertainty which attends the usage of the word Thule, very generally employed ever since the days of Pytheas the Massiliot.1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. xcviii. 615 Except the Phenicians and Carthaginians, these Massaliots were the only enterprising mariners in the Western Mediterranean. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 965/1 The Massaliots made their way by prudence and by vigilant administration of their oligarchical government. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 965/1 In the 4th century b.c. the Massaliot Pytheas visited the coasts of Gaul. B. adj. Of or belonging to Massalia or its inhabitants. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in France Parisian1563 Marseillais1686 Lutetian1740 Lyonnais1801 Massaliot1856 Niçois1881 Toulousain1972 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > other inhabitants of ancient Europe > [adjective] Massilian1614 Silurian1708 West German1849 Massaliot1856 α. β. 1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 543/2 Massiliot seamen played an important part in the Second Punic War.2008 S. Wolfson Tacitus, Thule & Caledonia i. 14 Pytheas, the Massiliot explorer, had been there [sc. the Baltic] three centuries earlier in search of the amber route.1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. xcviii. 614 In an age when piracy was common, the Massaliot ships and seamen were effective in attack and defence. 1913 Amer. Hist. Rev. 18 235 The foreign articles found in these Roman tombs were brought by Sicilian and Massaliot passers-by. 1964 J. Boardman Greeks Overseas v. 227 In the sixth century the Marseilles route is vouched for by the Massaliot and Phocaean pottery found at Mt Lassois. 1978 B. Chapman Clarke's Analyt. Archaeol. (ed. 2) x. 432 Massaliote amphoræ, seventh–sixth centuries BC. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1856 |
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