omicronn.

Brit.

/ə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪkrɒn/,

/ə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪkr(ə)n/,

/ˈɒmᵻkrɒn/,

/ˈɒmᵻkr(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈɑməˌkrɑn/,

/ˈoʊməˌkrɑn/

Forms: 1600s– omicron, 1700s– omikron, 1900s– o mikron (rare).

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ο μικρόν.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ο μικρόν, lit. ‘little O’ < ο O n.¹ + μικρόν , neuter of μικρός small (see micro- comb. form). Compare omega n. and discussion s.v., and also discussion s.v. O n.¹The alleged Middle English example from Mandeville's Travels given in O.E.D.Suppl. (1982) s.v. from an 18th-century edition is not supported by more recent editions from the same, unique manuscript of this version of the text.

1. (The name of) the fifteenth letter (Ο, ο) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to the short o. Also figurative.In transliterating ancient Greek, usually rendered as o (in ancient Greek used to distinguish a short from a long o sound: cf. omega n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

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1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. 208 The whole Globe..cannot fill this little triangulary heart: so many Omicrons, cannot fill one little Delta.

1659 T. Pecke Upon Certain Woman in Parnassi Puerperium i. 30 With wondrous speed, in stature, large you grow: Omicron the last year; Omega now.

1727 A. Pope Occasional Poems in Miscellanea I. 77 Omicron and Omega from us Wou'd each hope to be O in Thomas.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at O The Greeks had two O's, viz. Omicron, ο, and Omega ω.

1762 Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 32 The last letter here would have been equivalent to the Greek Omicron.

1853 B. St. John Village Life in Egypt 147 When I was learning Greek and had got as far as my omicron, I should have been ashamed to contradict Moses.

1893 E. M. Thompson Handbk. Greek & Lat. Palaeogr. x. 135 The very small size of theta and omikron, may also be noticed.

1903 E. Fawcett Portraits in Voices & Visions i. 9 If, quoting Greek, you once presumed to write An omicron in place of an omega.

1947 Jrnl. Investigative Dermatol. 9 213 Many such Greek verb stems..end in o represented by omicron when the pronunciation is short (ŏ) or by omega (ω) when it is long (ō).

1999 D. F. Wallace Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 309 He came to her with..some kind of ritualistic design or glyph like a..palsied omicron drawn on his tenebrous brow.

2. Astronomy. Used in the name of the fifteenth star of a constellation. Frequently written ο.The use of Greek letters to designate the stars in a constellation was introduced by J. Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). There is an approximate correspondence between the ordinal positions of the stars in this series and their brightness.

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1796 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 195 (table) Lustre of the stars in Aquarius... ο 5.

1880 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1878–80 18 239 A very large meteor..passed directly over Omicron Ursæ Majoris, and disappeared just below Eta in the same constellation.

1899 R. H. Allen Star Names 131 ο¹, a red star of the 4th magnitude, and π, a double,..with other small stars in the body of the Dog, were the Chinese Ya Ke, the Wild Cock.

1915 Astrophysical Jrnl. 41 255 A nebulosity close south of Omicron Persei is mixed up with a number of small stars.

1992 Astron. Now July 36/1 They include Mira itself (omicron Ceti) which can be seen shortly before dawn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	omicron
释义	omicronn. Brit. /ə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪkrɒn/, /ə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪkr(ə)n/, /ˈɒmᵻkrɒn/, /ˈɒmᵻkr(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈɑməˌkrɑn/, /ˈoʊməˌkrɑn/ Forms: 1600s– omicron, 1700s– omikron, 1900s– o mikron (rare). Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ο μικρόν. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ο μικρόν, lit. ‘little O’ < ο O n.¹ + μικρόν , neuter of μικρός small (see micro- comb. form). Compare omega n. and discussion s.v., and also discussion s.v. O n.¹The alleged Middle English example from Mandeville's Travels given in O.E.D.Suppl. (1982) s.v. from an 18th-century edition is not supported by more recent editions from the same, unique manuscript of this version of the text. 1. (The name of) the fifteenth letter (Ο, ο) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to the short o. Also figurative.In transliterating ancient Greek, usually rendered as o (in ancient Greek used to distinguish a short from a long o sound: cf. omega n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > name of written character > [noun] > Greek alphac1175 muc1175 betaa1400 taua1400 chic1400 deltac1400 etac1400 kappac1400 gamma?a1425 lambda?a1425 nu?a1425 phi?a1425 pi?a1425 psi?a1425 rho?a1425 xi?a1425 zeta?a1425 upsilon1559 san1584 omega1599 theta1603 iota1607 sigma1607 omicron1631 digamma1699 epsilon1842 zeta1850 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. 208 The whole Globe..cannot fill this little triangulary heart: so many Omicrons, cannot fill one little Delta. 1659 T. Pecke Upon Certain Woman in Parnassi Puerperium i. 30 With wondrous speed, in stature, large you grow: Omicron the last year; Omega now. 1727 A. Pope Occasional Poems in Miscellanea I. 77 Omicron and Omega from us Wou'd each hope to be O in Thomas. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at O The Greeks had two O's, viz. Omicron, ο, and Omega ω. 1762 Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 32 The last letter here would have been equivalent to the Greek Omicron. 1853 B. St. John Village Life in Egypt 147 When I was learning Greek and had got as far as my omicron, I should have been ashamed to contradict Moses. 1893 E. M. Thompson Handbk. Greek & Lat. Palaeogr. x. 135 The very small size of theta and omikron, may also be noticed. 1903 E. Fawcett Portraits in Voices & Visions i. 9 If, quoting Greek, you once presumed to write An omicron in place of an omega. 1947 Jrnl. Investigative Dermatol. 9 213 Many such Greek verb stems..end in o represented by omicron when the pronunciation is short (ŏ) or by omega (ω) when it is long (ō). 1999 D. F. Wallace Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 309 He came to her with..some kind of ritualistic design or glyph like a..palsied omicron drawn on his tenebrous brow. 2. Astronomy. Used in the name of the fifteenth star of a constellation. Frequently written ο.The use of Greek letters to designate the stars in a constellation was introduced by J. Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). There is an approximate correspondence between the ordinal positions of the stars in this series and their brightness. ΚΠ 1796 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 195 (table) Lustre of the stars in Aquarius... ο 5. 1880 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1878–80 18 239 A very large meteor..passed directly over Omicron Ursæ Majoris, and disappeared just below Eta in the same constellation. 1899 R. H. Allen Star Names 131 ο¹, a red star of the 4th magnitude, and π, a double,..with other small stars in the body of the Dog, were the Chinese Ya Ke, the Wild Cock. 1915 Astrophysical Jrnl. 41 255 A nebulosity close south of Omicron Persei is mixed up with a number of small stars. 1992 Astron. Now July 36/1 They include Mira itself (omicron Ceti) which can be seen shortly before dawn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1631
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