单词 | philippic |
释义 | philippicadj.1n. A. adj.1 1. Of the nature of a bitter attack, denunciation, or invective; that is a philippic (sense B. 1); spec. relating to or designating the Philippics of Demosthenes and Cicero. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [adjective] > characterized by or of nature of philippicc1550 vituperative1754 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvi. 109 The fyifteen inuectyuis philipiqnes of cicero contrar anthonius. 1707 J. Toland (title) A Phillippick oration to incite the English against the French. 1792 J. Williams Clerical Reform 71 If it is thought sufficient for a minister to establish his character in the senate by a Philipic speech, and to harangue in a Ciceronian stile. 1851 (title) The Philippic Orations of Demosthenes, with English notes. 1877 (title) The first and second Philippic Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero. A new translation. 1988 Times (Nexis) 15 Dec. The philippic pith was couched..in an analogy about wives and prostitutes so convoluted as to leave even the smartest of structuralists crawling on all fours towards the nearest vodka. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > ancient Greeks and neighbours > [adjective] > states, regions, and cities Doric1569 philippic1569 Spartan1582 Dorical1592 Epidaurian1608 Phocian1614 Dorian1662 Mytilenean1724 Samothracian1803 Sicyonian1887 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature xxii. f. 67v She understode he was slain in Thessaly, in ye fields Phillipiques [Fr. champs Philippiques]. 1614 D. Dyke Myst. Selfe-deceiuing xxviii. 344 Though the Phillippick preachers preached of enuy and vaine-glorie, yet..what was that to Paul? 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 107 Shee survived the Philippick Battaile, sixty foure yeares. 1761 Descr. Anc. Rome 58 Temple of Mars..built by Augustus to the god Mars..in consequence of a vow made by him in the Philippic war. 1871 A. W. Ward Hist. Greece V. 271 Just as Themistocles foresaw the War with Persia, and Pericles that with Sparta, so Demosthenes saw the Philippic War. B. n. 1. A scathing attack, denunciation, or invective; spec. each of the speeches made by Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon, or of those made by Cicero against Mark Antony. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > tirade of invective or abuse invective1523 raila1529 philippic1592 steletic1653 Steliteutic1751 tirade1801 diatribe1804 tertullianade1819 blast1874 pop-off1935 mouthful1941 flak1968 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iii. 42 What honest Eloquence is not furnished with Catilinaries, & Philippiques against Vice? 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals sig. Zzzzz 5v/2 Philippicks, were invective orations made by Demosthenes..against Philip King of Macedony... And heereupon all invectives may be called Philippicke, as those were of M. Tullius Cicero against Antonie. a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse iii. iv. 59 in Poems (1638) How like you my Orations? Those against Catiline; I account them best, Except my Philippicks; all acknowledge me Above the three great Oratours of Rome. 1755 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) II. 491 Since the last philippic of Billingsgate memory you never heard such an invective as Pitt returned. 1798 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 227 Mr. Harper and Mr. Pinckney pronounced bitter philippics against France. 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 443 Then follows the usual Philippic against England. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 29 (note) Lord North, sound asleep during one of Burke's philippics on him. 1916 A. Huxley Let. 10 Mar. (1969) 93 His case was not heard, because the military representative leapt up and made a Phillipic against him. 1990 Byte Feb. 48/1 Over the years, I've read several of your philippics against Unix. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Greek obolOE drachmc1384 mnamc1400 dramc1440 mina1495 groat1526 didrachm1548 drachma1579 obolus1579 tetradrachm1579 obole1598 philippic1651 stater1685 tetrobol1693 tridrachm1771 pentadrachm1827 triobol1837 octadrachm1848 decadrachm1856 lepton1877 dodecadrachm1881 diobol1887 trihemiobol1887 distater1895 hemiobol1921 1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. viii. 99 Æsops picture was sold for two talents, when himself was made a slave at the price of two Philippicks. 1684 C. Whitaker tr. Flaminius in J. Dryden tr. Plutarch Lives II. 664 14514 pieces of coin'd Gold, called Philipicks [Gk. Φιλιππείους χρυσοῦς]. 1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 462 Some..have supposed the Roman Aureus to have been heavier than the Greek Philippic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Philippicadj.2 rare. Of or relating to any person called Philip.In quot. 1650 with reference to Sir Philip Sidney. ΚΠ 1650 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης (ed. 2) i. 12 What I tell them for a truth, that this Philippic Prayer is no part of the Kings goods. 1702 (title) Justin's History of the World... Being an abridgment of Trogus Pompeius's Philippic History. 1852 L. Schmitz tr. B. G. Niebuhr Lect. Anc. Hist. III. lxxxix. 159 I explained to you the title of Historia Philippica, which Trogus gave to his work. He did so according to the example of Theopompus, who, as is well known, called his history ‘Philippic History’, because it treated of Philip [II of Macedon]. 2004 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 24 Mar. (heading) Philippic Answer... Prince Philip did not follow hygiene regulations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1n.c1550adj.21650 |
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