Messapianadj.n.

Brit.

/mɛˈsapɪən/,

/mɛˈseɪpɪən/,

/məˈsapɪən/,

/məˈseɪpɪən/, U.S.

/məˈseɪpiən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Messāpius , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Messāpius of or belonging to Messapia ( < classical Latin Messāpia ( < Hellenistic Greek Μεσσαπία, an ancient name for the Salentine peninsula, probably of Illyrian origin) + -ius, suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix.

Ancient History.

A. adj.

Of or relating to Messapia, an ancient region of south-eastern Italy (modern Apulia), its pre-Roman inhabitants, or their language.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [adjective]

Latinc1400

Latian1598

sybarite1599

Messapian1608

Faliscan1686

Peucetiana1734

sybaritic1786

Iapygian1864

Venetian1866

Atestine1931

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Italic > pre-Italic

Messapian1608

Sicel1887

Venetic1922

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 96 O Exacestirian, Xenian, Messapian, O Lebradean Baal.

1854 C. C. J. Bunsen Outl. Philos. Universal Hist. I. 94 We possess a few Messapian glosses, most of which admit of an Indo-Germanic solution.

1865 E. FitzGerald Agamemnon 19 Those who watch'd on the Messapian height.

1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 July 530/4 The three groups of Apulian vases, Messapian, Peucetian and Daunian.

1988 J. H. W. Penney in Cambr. Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) IV. iii. xv. 737 Connexions with Tarentum persisted strongly enough for the letter-forms of the Messapian alphabet to change..in line with those of the Greek alphabet.

1997 P. Porter Dragons in their Pleasant Palaces 22 Far from dark Messapian trappings.

B. n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Messapia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [noun]

Albana1387

Latina1398

Venetian1432

Picentine1598

sybarite1598

Faliscan1600

Picene1601

sybaritan1608

Picenian1610

Peucetian1615

Pompeian1654

Praenestine1683

Iapygian1773

Messapian1773

Atestine1924

Cumaean1931

1773 J. Langhorne tr. C. Denina Diss. Anc. Republics Italy 26 The Iapygyans and Messapians [It. Messapi] [lost] fifty thousand infantry.

1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 650/2 The inhabitants [of Calabria] were Sallentines and Calabrians or Messapians, both probably of Pre-Hellenic or Pelasgic race.

1911 Polit. Sci. Q. 26 683 The names of about a dozen Illyrian tribes occur in classical literature; the Venetians, Messapians, Iapygians and Liburnians being the most important.

1997 J. P. Mallory in J. P. Mallory & D. Q. Adams Encycl. Indo-European Culture 378 Messapic is..the Indo-European language of southeastern Italy, spoken by a series of Iron Age peoples such as those designated by the Greeks as Messapians or known locally as the Iapyges.

2. = Messapic n.

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

1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 327/1 Inscriptions have been found in considerable numbers, written in a language known as Iapygian or Messapian.

1903 Ann. Brit. School Athens 1901–2 8 155 Messapian and Illyrian are clearly related to Venetic, a language to which we have found certain resemblances in Eteocretan.

1948 D. Diringer Alphabet ii. viii. 471 The Messapic or Messapian was the earliest European offshoot of the Greek language.

1988 J. H. W. Penney Cambr. Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) IV. iii. xv. 737 It is clear..that Messapian is not an Italic language; nor is the conventional classification of it as Illyrian acceptable in the absence of any direct evidence for the language of ancient Illyria.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	messapian
释义	Messapianadj.n. Brit. /mɛˈsapɪən/, /mɛˈseɪpɪən/, /məˈsapɪən/, /məˈseɪpɪən/, U.S. /məˈseɪpiən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Messāpius , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Messāpius of or belonging to Messapia ( < classical Latin Messāpia ( < Hellenistic Greek Μεσσαπία, an ancient name for the Salentine peninsula, probably of Illyrian origin) + -ius, suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix. Ancient History. A. adj. Of or relating to Messapia, an ancient region of south-eastern Italy (modern Apulia), its pre-Roman inhabitants, or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [adjective] Latinc1400 Latian1598 sybarite1599 Messapian1608 Faliscan1686 Peucetiana1734 sybaritic1786 Iapygian1864 Venetian1866 Atestine1931 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Italic > pre-Italic Messapian1608 Sicel1887 Venetic1922 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 96 O Exacestirian, Xenian, Messapian, O Lebradean Baal. 1854 C. C. J. Bunsen Outl. Philos. Universal Hist. I. 94 We possess a few Messapian glosses, most of which admit of an Indo-Germanic solution. 1865 E. FitzGerald Agamemnon 19 Those who watch'd on the Messapian height. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 July 530/4 The three groups of Apulian vases, Messapian, Peucetian and Daunian. 1988 J. H. W. Penney in Cambr. Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) IV. iii. xv. 737 Connexions with Tarentum persisted strongly enough for the letter-forms of the Messapian alphabet to change..in line with those of the Greek alphabet. 1997 P. Porter Dragons in their Pleasant Palaces 22 Far from dark Messapian trappings. B. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Messapia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [noun] Albana1387 Latina1398 Venetian1432 Picentine1598 sybarite1598 Faliscan1600 Picene1601 sybaritan1608 Picenian1610 Peucetian1615 Pompeian1654 Praenestine1683 Iapygian1773 Messapian1773 Atestine1924 Cumaean1931 1773 J. Langhorne tr. C. Denina Diss. Anc. Republics Italy 26 The Iapygyans and Messapians [It. Messapi] [lost] fifty thousand infantry. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 650/2 The inhabitants [of Calabria] were Sallentines and Calabrians or Messapians, both probably of Pre-Hellenic or Pelasgic race. 1911 Polit. Sci. Q. 26 683 The names of about a dozen Illyrian tribes occur in classical literature; the Venetians, Messapians, Iapygians and Liburnians being the most important. 1997 J. P. Mallory in J. P. Mallory & D. Q. Adams Encycl. Indo-European Culture 378 Messapic is..the Indo-European language of southeastern Italy, spoken by a series of Iron Age peoples such as those designated by the Greeks as Messapians or known locally as the Iapyges. 2. = Messapic n. 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 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 327/1 Inscriptions have been found in considerable numbers, written in a language known as Iapygian or Messapian. 1903 Ann. Brit. School Athens 1901–2 8 155 Messapian and Illyrian are clearly related to Venetic, a language to which we have found certain resemblances in Eteocretan. 1948 D. Diringer Alphabet ii. viii. 471 The Messapic or Messapian was the earliest European offshoot of the Greek language. 1988 J. H. W. Penney Cambr. Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) IV. iii. xv. 737 It is clear..that Messapian is not an Italic language; nor is the conventional classification of it as Illyrian acceptable in the absence of any direct evidence for the language of ancient Illyria. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1608
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