单词 | pamphylian |
释义 | Pamphyliann.adj. Ancient History. A. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Pamphylia, a coastal region of southern Asia Minor situated between the ancient regions of Lycia and Cilicia, to the east of the present port of Antalya in southern Turkey. ΚΠ 1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde f. 2 Others attributing som deuinitie to the windes, thought to appease them... As we find the Calabrians to haue done..: likewise the Thurins and Pamphiliens. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xxxix. 398 Crassus..made war against Ephesus, and that subdued the Greeks of Asia, to wit the Phrigians, Mysians.., and Pamphilians, and made them all tributaries vnto him. 1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse sig. H2 Next, a Fleet Of two and twenty thousand Gallies meet, Mann'd by Phenisians, and Pamphilians, [etc.]. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. Observ. 54 A certain Pamphylian being taken prisoner, and carried to Tamiathis (afterwards Damietta) in Ægypt, continued there several years. a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) I. vi. 155 His division held The eastern streights, where loose Pamphylians spread A timid canvass, Hellespontine Greeks, Ionians, Dorians, and Æolians rear'd Unwilling standards. 1864 Biblical Repertory 221 He tells a story of one Erus, a Pamphylian, who was slain in battle. 1876 H. Melville Clarel II. iv. v. 460 The man Grew much like that Pamphylian Who.., though he was a sage of worth.., did recant All science he had brought from earth. 1913 Classical Rev. 27 155/1 Again we have the ominous tribal movements away from the Hinterland, probably southwards in the case of the Pamphylians. 1997 Classical Q. New Ser. 47 479 This would imply that the Pamphylians had not yet come so heavily under the influence of Cilician pirates as Strabo's comments might indicate. 2. The ancient dialect of Greek formerly spoken in this region. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Greek > Greek dialects common dialect1604 Aeolic1606 Ionic1606 Ionic dialect1629 Athenian1638 Theban1820 Laconian1830 Doric1837 Rumelian1859 Pamphylian1880 Tsakonian1902 Pontic1910 Thessalian1910 koine1913 Messenian1928 Macedonian1933 Mycenaean1955 1880 Scribner's Monthly June 205/1 At that stage..the decipherer naturally looked to the Phenician, which was not so well known as now, even four years ago, and to the almost unknown Lycian and Pamphylian; and the task seemed hopeless. 1926 M. R. Dobie tr. A. Jardé Formation of Greek People ii. i. 60 The three dialects which compose this last group, Arcadian, Cypriot, and Pamphylian, have certain similarities which permit us to say that they are derived from one common language. 1996 C.-J. N. Bailey Ess. on Time-based Ling. Anal. iv. 146 Ionic does in fact exhibit more mixture with Asian languages than do other kinds of Greek, and Pamphylian is very mixed even from the viewpoint of Greek dialects. B. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient region of Pamphylia or its inhabitants, or the area of modern Turkey corresponding to that region. ΚΠ 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 389 They being all departed, the Queene of Naples, & her Cousen the Pamphilian Queene walked abroad. 1686 N. Tate tr. G. Fracastoro Syphilis 44 Take..care to gather, in their prime, The sweet Corycian and Pamphilian Tyme, These you must boil. a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) II. xiii. 67 Hyacinthus..spake: Train'd to an oar, vile remnants of a wreck, Drop, ye Barbarian vagabonds, those arms... Dubious paus'd their chief, A low Pamphylian rower. 1849 I. Williams Christian Scholar 99 Herus, a warrior of Pamphylian race, Upon a battle-field unburied lay. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma v. 131 It was said that the waters of the Pamphylian Sea miraculously opened a passage for the army of Alexander the Great. 1954 F. Stark in Times 16 Aug. 7/7 These cities, whose ruins are still so beautiful,..lie along the route of Alexander by the smooth Pamphylian bay. 1996 L. Al-Hafidh et al. Europe: Rough Guide (ed. 3) II. xxix. 1324 Side, a ruined Hellenistic port and one-time trysting place of Antony and Cleopatra, was perhaps the foremost of the Pamphylian cities. 2. Of, relating, or characteristic of the ancient dialect of Greek formerly spoken in this region. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Greek > of miscellaneous Greek dialects Ionical1566 Macedonic1585 Pamphylian1871 Tsakonian1933 1871 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 448 This view, however, furnishes no satisfactory explanation of..the Pamphylian ἀβέλιος, mentioned by Hesychius. 1894 O. F. Emerson Hist. Eng. Lang. i. i. 4 The Greek dialects, making up the Hellenic branch, are numerous. There are the Ionic–Attic; the Doric; the northwest Greek of Phocis, Ætolia, Epirus, etc...and the Pamphylian. 1905 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 9 202 The inscription from Sillyon and the Pamphylian dialect... Richard Meister publishes, with translation and commentary, the Pamphylian inscription from Sillyon. 1984 Hesperia 53 200 C. Brixhe in an exhaustive examination of the Pamphylian dialect has concluded that the linguistic evidence from this region accords with the legends of early Greek settlement. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1568 |
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