单词 | opisthograph |
释义 | opisthographn.adj. Greek History and Roman History. A. n. A text written on both sides of a papyrus or parchment. Also: a slab inscribed on both the front and back. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > writing on both sides or practice of opisthograph1623 opisthography1715 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Opistograph, a booke written on the backe side. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. Prol. 6 Giving to one of his old Acquaintance his Wallet, Books, and Opistographs [Fr. opistographes], away went he [sc. Diogenes] out of Town towards a little Hill or Promontory. 1854 G. Ripley & B. Taylor Cycl. Lit. & Fine Arts 436/2 Any ordinary MS. in which the transcriber had employed both the front and back of the papyrus was indeed an opisthograph. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 209/2 Not a few of the slabs..bearing a pagan inscription on one side, and a Christian one on the other. These are known as opisthographs. 1961 Speculum 36 116 The originators, the recipients, size, format, writing material, recto and verso, opisthographs. 1992 B. M. Metzger Text of New Test. i. 6 Sometimes, but not very often, the roll was written on both sides..; this was called an opisthograph. B. adj. = opisthographic adj. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [adjective] > written on both sides opisthographical1656 opisthographal1684 opisthographic1813 opisthograph1885 1885 W. M. Lindsay in Athenæum 5 Sept. 304/2 The fragments are opisthograph. 1961 Speculum 36 115 The Basel opisthograph papyrus. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [adjective] > written on both sides opisthographical1656 opisthographal1684 opisthographic1813 opisthograph1885 1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 38 To write that which is last in the inside, and that which is first on the outside, [is] quite contrary to the mode of Opisthographal Writings. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [adjective] > written on both sides opisthographical1656 opisthographal1684 opisthographic1813 opisthograph1885 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Opisthographical. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Opisthographical, having something written behind, or on the back. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > writing on both sides or practice of opisthograph1623 opisthography1715 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. iii. iv. 138 Some Poems of the Ancients were tedious with Opistography [L. opisthographum], or endors'd Prolixity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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