Parcaen.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːsi/,

/ˈpɑːkʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈpɑrsi/,

/ˈpɑrˌkaɪ/

Forms:

α. early Old English late Middle English–1600s Parcas, late Middle English–1500s Parchas.

β. 1500s– Parcae.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin Parcae the Fates, plural of Parca , name of the Roman goddess of birth. The Roman goddess Parca was identified with the Greek Fates (ancient Greek Μοῖραι , plural of Μοῖρα : see moirologist n.) and her name was then pluralized to correspond with them.Latin Parcae does not appear in the passage of Boethius translated in quot. eOE at α. . In α. forms probably originally after classical Latin Parcās, accusative of Parcae, with the -s later reinterpreted as the regular English plural ending.

Classical Mythology.

In Roman mythology: the Fates.In quot. 1616 at β. Parcas is generally read as an erroneous use (by the character Pistol) of the word as a genitive singular without the apostrophe; see the Arden Shakespeare edition (ed. T. W. Craik, 1995) 339.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > the Fates

weirdsc725

ParcaeeOE

the three sistersa1400

destiny14..

the Weird Sistersc1400

(the) fatal dames, ladies, sisters1552

the three Fatals1575

fate1600

the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > the (three) Fates

weirdsc725

ParcaeeOE

the three sistersa1400

(the) fatal dames, ladies, sisters1552

the three Fatals1575

fate1600

α.

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxv. 102 Ða eode he furður, oð he [ge]mette ða graman metena [L. ultrices deae] ðe folcisce men hatað Parcas.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) v. 3 Aprochen gan the fatal destyne That Joves hath in disposicioun, And to yow, angry Parcas, sustren thre, Committeth, to don execucioun.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) Prol. 51 (MED) Orpheus..dites wern so mellodyus That the werbles of his resownyng harpe Appese dyde the bitter wyrdys scharpe, Bothe of parchas and furies infernal.

1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 109 O you cursd Parcas, why kyld ye the good soon of Atlas?

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V v. i. 19 Dost thou thurst base Troyan, To haue me folde vp Parcas fatall web?

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Devine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 208 They freez-vp the brain and all his brothers; Making a liue man like a liue-less carcass, Saue that again he scapeth from the Parcas.

β. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 64 The Parcæ..at high midnight, gate them gigling..into the prezens Chamber.1616 B. Jonson Entertainm. at Theobalds 39 in Wks. I The three Parcae,..the one holding the rocke, the other the spindle, and the third the sheeres.1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον i. 45 The Parcæ (or fatall Goddesses) are three.1700 J. Hopkins Amasia II. 51 You, our Fair Parcæ, know our Fortunes too For..all Mankind receive their doom from you.1755 W. Dodd tr. Callimachus Hymns 140 'Tis past, irrevocably past: and thus The Parcæ spun th'unalterable doom.1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. v. i. 4 The fates or parcæ, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, those most potent, immaculate and unrelenting of all ancient and immortal spinsters.1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur ii. ii. 93 Do you believe in the Parcae?1939 ELH 6 95 Her function it therefore..easily fused with that of Nemesis, and she [sc. Fortune] may be found in company with the Parcae.1994 Diacritics 24 9 The link between the salamander and its successive metamorphoses into a witch, a sibyl, a prophetess, and finally, one of the Parcae, may seem more tenuous.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parcae
释义	Parcaen. Brit. /ˈpɑːsi/, /ˈpɑːkʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpɑrsi/, /ˈpɑrˌkaɪ/ Forms: α. early Old English late Middle English–1600s Parcas, late Middle English–1500s Parchas. β. 1500s– Parcae. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Parcae. Etymology: < classical Latin Parcae the Fates, plural of Parca , name of the Roman goddess of birth. The Roman goddess Parca was identified with the Greek Fates (ancient Greek Μοῖραι , plural of Μοῖρα : see moirologist n.) and her name was then pluralized to correspond with them.Latin Parcae does not appear in the passage of Boethius translated in quot. eOE at α. . In α. forms probably originally after classical Latin Parcās, accusative of Parcae, with the -s later reinterpreted as the regular English plural ending. Classical Mythology. In Roman mythology: the Fates.In quot. 1616 at β. Parcas is generally read as an erroneous use (by the character Pistol) of the word as a genitive singular without the apostrophe; see the Arden Shakespeare edition (ed. T. W. Craik, 1995) 339. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > the Fates weirdsc725 ParcaeeOE the three sistersa1400 destiny14.. the Weird Sistersc1400 (the) fatal dames, ladies, sisters1552 the three Fatals1575 fate1600 the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > the (three) Fates weirdsc725 ParcaeeOE the three sistersa1400 (the) fatal dames, ladies, sisters1552 the three Fatals1575 fate1600 α. eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxv. 102 Ða eode he furður, oð he [ge]mette ða graman metena [L. ultrices deae] ðe folcisce men hatað Parcas. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) v. 3 Aprochen gan the fatal destyne That Joves hath in disposicioun, And to yow, angry Parcas, sustren thre, Committeth, to don execucioun. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) Prol. 51 (MED) Orpheus..dites wern so mellodyus That the werbles of his resownyng harpe Appese dyde the bitter wyrdys scharpe, Bothe of parchas and furies infernal. 1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 109 O you cursd Parcas, why kyld ye the good soon of Atlas? 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V v. i. 19 Dost thou thurst base Troyan, To haue me folde vp Parcas fatall web? 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Devine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 208 They freez-vp the brain and all his brothers; Making a liue man like a liue-less carcass, Saue that again he scapeth from the Parcas. β. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 64 The Parcæ..at high midnight, gate them gigling..into the prezens Chamber.1616 B. Jonson Entertainm. at Theobalds 39 in Wks. I The three Parcae,..the one holding the rocke, the other the spindle, and the third the sheeres.1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον i. 45 The Parcæ (or fatall Goddesses) are three.1700 J. Hopkins Amasia II. 51 You, our Fair Parcæ, know our Fortunes too For..all Mankind receive their doom from you.1755 W. Dodd tr. Callimachus Hymns 140 'Tis past, irrevocably past: and thus The Parcæ spun th'unalterable doom.1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. v. i. 4 The fates or parcæ, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, those most potent, immaculate and unrelenting of all ancient and immortal spinsters.1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur ii. ii. 93 Do you believe in the Parcae?1939 ELH 6 95 Her function it therefore..easily fused with that of Nemesis, and she [sc. Fortune] may be found in company with the Parcae.1994 Diacritics 24 9 The link between the salamander and its successive metamorphoses into a witch, a sibyl, a prophetess, and finally, one of the Parcae, may seem more tenuous. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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