Ovidiann.adj.

Brit.

/ə(ʊ)ˈvɪdɪən/,

/ɒˈvɪdɪən/, U.S.

/oʊˈvɪdiən/

Forms: 1500s–1600s Ouidian, 1600s– Ovidian, 1700s– Ovidean.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Ovidiānus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Ovidiānus of Ovid < Ovidius , the name of Ovid, Latin poet (Publius Ovidius Naso, b.c. 43– a.d. 17) + -ānus -an suffix. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (ovi·diăn) /əʊˈvɪdɪən/.

A. n.

An admirer, imitator, or student of Ovid or his poetry.

ΚΠ

1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie f. 32^v Then, as the fishers put the sweetest baite to the fairest fish: so these Ouidians..write that they be wrapt in an endlesse laborynth of sorrow, when walking in the large leas of libertie, they onely haue their humours in their inckpot.

1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iii. i. sig. D4^v I am a perfect Ouidian, and can with him affect all.

1846 Southern & Western Literary Messenger & Rev. 12 32/2 The young Ovidian finds that he can have recourse to established rules and admitted authority to support him in his pronunciation.

1925 Classical Philol. 20 356 Rudolf Ehwald, himself one of the foremost Ovidians.

1991 J. Kerrigan Motives of Woe 70 Female poets are among the most formidably accomplished Ovidians of this period.

B. adj.

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of Ovid or his poetry.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > other Latin

Terentian1600

Ovidian1602

Plautine1768

Juvenalian1839

Propertian1862

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 194 Infamous libelling or Ouidian inuectiues, or Horatian Satyriques.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 113 It hath no light,..but like twilight, or the Ouidian light which is in thicke woods.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 396 A long & spacious Walk, full of Fountaines, under which is historiz'd the whole Ovidian Metamorphosis in mezzo Relievo.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 31 July 1/2 They had no Relish for any Composition..not..in the Ovidian manner.

1755 S. Derrick Coll. Orig. Poems 165 Whether you emulate Ovidian lays, And wreath Clarissa's charms with boundless praise.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vii. 157 I carried an Ovidian letter from my master to Euphrasia.

1876 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 1 It..recalls the Ovidian account of chaos.

1925 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 15 290 There are ‘moments of serious relief’ in Ovidian comedy, as for instance in the story of Cephalus and Procris.

2000 Witness (Oakland Community Coll., U.S.) 14 No. 1. 7 (advt.) In her astonishing, unusual stories, characters who lived one life when they were young emerge, after metamorphoses almost Ovidian, bewildered and grateful in another.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ovidian
释义	Ovidiann.adj. Brit. /ə(ʊ)ˈvɪdɪən/, /ɒˈvɪdɪən/, U.S. /oʊˈvɪdiən/ Forms: 1500s–1600s Ouidian, 1600s– Ovidian, 1700s– Ovidean. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Ovidiānus. Etymology: < classical Latin Ovidiānus of Ovid < Ovidius , the name of Ovid, Latin poet (Publius Ovidius Naso, b.c. 43– a.d. 17) + -ānus -an suffix. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (ovi·diăn) /əʊˈvɪdɪən/. A. n. An admirer, imitator, or student of Ovid or his poetry. ΚΠ 1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie f. 32^v Then, as the fishers put the sweetest baite to the fairest fish: so these Ouidians..write that they be wrapt in an endlesse laborynth of sorrow, when walking in the large leas of libertie, they onely haue their humours in their inckpot. 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iii. i. sig. D4^v I am a perfect Ouidian, and can with him affect all. 1846 Southern & Western Literary Messenger & Rev. 12 32/2 The young Ovidian finds that he can have recourse to established rules and admitted authority to support him in his pronunciation. 1925 Classical Philol. 20 356 Rudolf Ehwald, himself one of the foremost Ovidians. 1991 J. Kerrigan Motives of Woe 70 Female poets are among the most formidably accomplished Ovidians of this period. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of Ovid or his poetry. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > other Latin Terentian1600 Ovidian1602 Plautine1768 Juvenalian1839 Propertian1862 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 194 Infamous libelling or Ouidian inuectiues, or Horatian Satyriques. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 113 It hath no light,..but like twilight, or the Ouidian light which is in thicke woods. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 396 A long & spacious Walk, full of Fountaines, under which is historiz'd the whole Ovidian Metamorphosis in mezzo Relievo. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 31 July 1/2 They had no Relish for any Composition..not..in the Ovidian manner. 1755 S. Derrick Coll. Orig. Poems 165 Whether you emulate Ovidian lays, And wreath Clarissa's charms with boundless praise. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vii. 157 I carried an Ovidian letter from my master to Euphrasia. 1876 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 1 It..recalls the Ovidian account of chaos. 1925 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 15 290 There are ‘moments of serious relief’ in Ovidian comedy, as for instance in the story of Cephalus and Procris. 2000 Witness (Oakland Community Coll., U.S.) 14 No. 1. 7 (advt.) In her astonishing, unusual stories, characters who lived one life when they were young emerge, after metamorphoses almost Ovidian, bewildered and grateful in another. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1590
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