单词 | palmyrene |
释义 | Palmyrenen.adj. Ancient History. A. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Palmyra in ancient Syria. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of ancient cities or states > [noun] MedeeOE PartheOE PuniceOE NineviteOE Trojanc1330 sodomitea1382 Phoeniciana1387 Macedonianc1400 Parthianc1400 Macedonc1440 Phrygian?1473 Mycenaeanc1487 Tyrian1513 Sidonian?1520 Galatian1526 Canaanite1530 Cananaean1534 Milesian1550 Sogdian1553 Syrophœnician1560 Molossian1563 Hyrcanian1567 Palmyrene1567 Pergamenian1579 Smyrnian1579 Mysian1581 Carthaginian1592 Punican1595 Lycian1598 Smyrnaean1598 Phocaean1600 Gallo-greeks1601 Iberian1601 Minaean1601 Susian1601 Cappadocian1607 Carian1607 Paphlagonian1607 Hamathite1611 Pergamene1612 Byzantiana1620 Gallo-graecians1619 Chalcidian1654 Philadelphiana1680 Xanthian1685 Palmyrenian1697 Isaurian1776 Dardan1813 Byzantine1836 Bœotian1839 Ilian1847 Susianian1874 Libyo-Phœnician1876 Khaldian1882 Mitannian1907 Iconian1911 Petraean1923 Lycaonian1926 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xv. f. 96 Nowe in that tyme the Romanes had for their Captein generall, a knight called Odenatus, the prince of Palmerines, a man truelie of greate vertue. 1609 B. Jonson Masque of Queens sig. E2v The ninth, in time, but equall in fame, and (the cause of it) vertue, was the chast Zenobia, Queene of the Palmyrenes. 1695 E. Halley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 19 161 But the Palmyrenes being informed of the Design [of M. Antonius to plunder Palmyra], took care to prevent them, and so escaped Plunder. 1753 R. Wood Ruins of Palmyra 6 Odenathus, a Palmyrene,..made so proper a use of this situation..as to get the balance of power into his hands. 1798 C. Stearns Zenobia ii. iii. 437 The Palmyrenes in terror and despair, Seek the protection of their lofty wall. 1828 W. Sotheby Italy & Other Poems i. 13 Slow, with majestic pace, the Palmyrene, Bright in her beauty, radiant from afar. 1886 W. P. Dickson tr. T. Mommsen Provinces Rom. Empire II. ix. 96 Votive inscriptions which Palmyrenes set up to their native gods in Rome. 1911 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 1 230 An interesting sepulchral stone..which is almost certainly that of Barates, a Palmyrene. 1950 Classical Philol. 19/1 Firmus is said to have had commercial relations with the Blemmyes, Saraceni, and Palmyrenes. 1999 V. M. Hope Iron & Rom. Ages in P. C. Jupp & C. Gittings Death in Eng. ii. 53 The Regina tombstone may even have been carved by a Palmyrene. 2. The Aramaic language and script used in Palmyra. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Semitic > Aramaic Chaldeish?c1510 Chaldee1602 Chaldic1623 Chaldean1690 Aramaic1882 Samaritan1886 Palmyrene1890 Nabatean1911 1890 Edinb. Rev. July 136 The Syriac grew out of Palmyrene, and flourished, especially in the Byzantine age. 1963 W. F. Albright Biblical Period from Abraham to Ezra i. 9 Nearly all..parallels come from Nabataean or Palmyrene, as well as later Syrian inscriptions. 1996 P. T. Daniels in P. T. Daniels & W. Bright World's Writing Syst. 145 Not until 1756, when English travellers published accurate copies of paired inscriptions in Greek and Palmyrene, could the script be deciphered. B. adj. Of or relating to Palmyra, its inhabitants, language, or script. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [adjective] > Semitic > Aramaic Palmyrene1683 Aramaic1834 Safaitic1887 1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 388 Next follows his discourse on the Palmyrene Figures and inscriptions, preserved at Rome in Greek and Syriack. 1695 E. Halley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 19 172 I have taken care to have the Stone purposely viewed, as also to get from thence the exact Figure of the Syrian or Palmyrene Characters thereon... By the help of these, compared with two others.., I hope we may be able, one day, to make out the Palmyrene Alphabet. 1753 R. Wood Ruins of Palmyra 25 The ancient inscriptions we found at Palmyra were all Greek, or Palmyrene, except one in Latin. 1835 E. S. Wortley Knight & Enchantress 21 There the Palmyrene Queen, on her snowy-white steed, Midst her courtiers and followers sate. 1886 W. P. Dickson tr. T. Mommsen Provinces Rom. Empire II. ix. 96 Even..in tombs of Palmyrene soldiers that died in Africa or Britain, the Palmyrene rendering is added. 1932 D. T. Rice & T. T. Rice tr. M. I. Rostovtzeff Caravan Cities v. 149 The external aspect of Palmyrene culture strikes the eye with its complexity and peculiarity. 1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) ii. 70 Busts of grand Palmyrene ladies, perhaps courtiers of Zenobia, mysterious and semi-veiled, their identities hidden behind defaced Aramaic inscriptions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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