baetyln.

/ˈbiːtɪl/

Etymology: < Latin bætulus, < Greek βαίτυλος.

A sacred meteoric stone. Also in Greek-Latin form baitylos, bætylos, -us; also bæˈtylion (plural baetylia) (Greek βαιτύλιον).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > stone

baetyl1854

omphalos1915

1854 Encycl. Brit. IV. 361/2 These bætylia were the objects of much veneration among the ancient heathens.

1884 Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 1883–4 2 117 Aerolites were scouted as a kind of fetish in excelsis—a transcendental bætyl—‘the image which fell down from Jupiter’.

1889 W. R. Smith Lect. Relig. of Semites 193 The use of baetylia, or small portable stones to which magical life was ascribed.

1901 A. J. Evans in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 21 106 The rough pyramidal pillars of the Bhuta Spirit,..and many other rude ‘baetyls’ of the same kind..are commonly set up beneath holy trees.

1901 A. J. Evans in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 21 113 An artificial pillar image of the divinity, it may be even the actual ‘baetylos’ of remote tradition.

1903 Amer. Jrnl. Archæol. 7 200 He found the stone cooled off, and recognizing that it was a baetyl, took it home with him.

1923 Trans. Sc. Ecclesiol. Soc. 97 The Clack or stone [at Clackmannan]..is a true Fetich or Baitylos.

Derivatives

baeˈtylic adj. of the nature of a bætyl.

ΚΠ

1901 A. J. Evans in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 21 118 The sanctity of baetylic stones and pillars is due to a variety of causes.

1941 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 42 60 Most of the few fragments [of coral] discovered at Gezer seem to have been unworked pieces, probably therefore prophylactic in purpose, and not objets de luxe. One white piece is of baetylic form.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	baetyl
释义	baetyln. /ˈbiːtɪl/ Etymology: < Latin bætulus, < Greek βαίτυλος. A sacred meteoric stone. Also in Greek-Latin form baitylos, bætylos, -us; also bæˈtylion (plural baetylia) (Greek βαιτύλιον). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > stone baetyl1854 omphalos1915 1854 Encycl. Brit. IV. 361/2 These bætylia were the objects of much veneration among the ancient heathens. 1884 Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 1883–4 2 117 Aerolites were scouted as a kind of fetish in excelsis—a transcendental bætyl—‘the image which fell down from Jupiter’. 1889 W. R. Smith Lect. Relig. of Semites 193 The use of baetylia, or small portable stones to which magical life was ascribed. 1901 A. J. Evans in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 21 106 The rough pyramidal pillars of the Bhuta Spirit,..and many other rude ‘baetyls’ of the same kind..are commonly set up beneath holy trees. 1901 A. J. Evans in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 21 113 An artificial pillar image of the divinity, it may be even the actual ‘baetylos’ of remote tradition. 1903 Amer. Jrnl. Archæol. 7 200 He found the stone cooled off, and recognizing that it was a baetyl, took it home with him. 1923 Trans. Sc. Ecclesiol. Soc. 97 The Clack or stone [at Clackmannan]..is a true Fetich or Baitylos. Derivatives baeˈtylic adj. of the nature of a bætyl. ΚΠ 1901 A. J. Evans in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 21 118 The sanctity of baetylic stones and pillars is due to a variety of causes. 1941 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 42 60 Most of the few fragments [of coral] discovered at Gezer seem to have been unworked pieces, probably therefore prophylactic in purpose, and not objets de luxe. One white piece is of baetylic form. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1854
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