Pierianadj.

Brit.

/pʌɪˈɪərɪən/,

/pʌɪˈɛːrɪən/, U.S.

/paɪˈɪriən/

Forms: 1500s Pyerean, 1500s–1600s Pierean, 1500s– Pierian, 1600s Pyerian.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Pīerius , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Pīerius of or belonging to Pieria, of or relating to the Muses + -an suffix. Compare classical Latin Pīeria Pieria < ancient Greek Πιερία . In sense 2 after scientific Latin Pieris Pieris n.Compare also Old English puerisc , in sense 1 (one isolated attestation in the third Cleopatra Gloss. glossing Latin puerio, a scribal error for pierio, the ultimate source of which is Aldhelm Carmen de virginitate 1717 Musica Pierio resonent et carmina cantu).

1. Of or belonging to Pieria, a district of the Greek region of Macedonia just north of Mount Olympus, regarded as the home of the Muses in Greek and Roman mythology. Hence: of or relating to the Muses, or (by extension) poetry and learning; poetic. Pierian spring n. the fountain or source of poetic inspiration (usually in figurative context).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > relating to the muse

musical1490

Heliconian1557

Pierian1591

Castalian1602

1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 394 Whom the Pierian sacred sisters loue.

1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) iii. sig. G His free soule, whose liuing subiect stood Vp to the chin in the Pyerean flood, And drunke to me halfe this Musean storie.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 119 Of old a people called Pieres..dwelt vnder Parnassus, of whom it was called the Pierian Mountaine, and the Muses were called Pierides.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Pierean maids, the Muses nine.

1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 14 A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring.

1782 G. Hardinge Rowley & Chatterton Introd. p. vii I mark the form Pierian..And scan with reverence their mysterious lore.

1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 451 Such a Pierian gargle as ‘strange straggling steers struggled in strenuous strife’.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iii. 75 Pierian Muses! hear my prayer.

1920 Discovery Apr. 113/2 [Greek] architectural forms which had received the sanction of Paris were also admitted by those who otherwise drank only from the Pierian spring.

1994 Aquinas Rev. 1 54 That is the spur that lends my spirit strength to pioneer through pathless tracts of their Pierian realm.

2. Entomology. = pierid adj. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [adjective] > of or relating to family Pieridae

Pierian1871

pierid1896

1871 Amer. Naturalist 4 761 This large Pierian butterfly was taken by me at New Bedford, Mass.

1917 Amer. Naturalist 51 284 The new colors would undoubtedly appear in patterns largely determined by and reflecting the Pierian ancestry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pierian
释义	Pierianadj. Brit. /pʌɪˈɪərɪən/, /pʌɪˈɛːrɪən/, U.S. /paɪˈɪriən/ Forms: 1500s Pyerean, 1500s–1600s Pierean, 1500s– Pierian, 1600s Pyerian. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Pīerius , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Pīerius of or belonging to Pieria, of or relating to the Muses + -an suffix. Compare classical Latin Pīeria Pieria < ancient Greek Πιερία . In sense 2 after scientific Latin Pieris Pieris n.Compare also Old English puerisc , in sense 1 (one isolated attestation in the third Cleopatra Gloss. glossing Latin puerio, a scribal error for pierio, the ultimate source of which is Aldhelm Carmen de virginitate 1717 Musica Pierio resonent et carmina cantu). 1. Of or belonging to Pieria, a district of the Greek region of Macedonia just north of Mount Olympus, regarded as the home of the Muses in Greek and Roman mythology. Hence: of or relating to the Muses, or (by extension) poetry and learning; poetic. Pierian spring n. the fountain or source of poetic inspiration (usually in figurative context). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > relating to the muse musical1490 Heliconian1557 Pierian1591 Castalian1602 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 394 Whom the Pierian sacred sisters loue. 1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) iii. sig. G His free soule, whose liuing subiect stood Vp to the chin in the Pyerean flood, And drunke to me halfe this Musean storie. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 119 Of old a people called Pieres..dwelt vnder Parnassus, of whom it was called the Pierian Mountaine, and the Muses were called Pierides. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Pierean maids, the Muses nine. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 14 A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring. 1782 G. Hardinge Rowley & Chatterton Introd. p. vii I mark the form Pierian..And scan with reverence their mysterious lore. 1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 451 Such a Pierian gargle as ‘strange straggling steers struggled in strenuous strife’. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iii. 75 Pierian Muses! hear my prayer. 1920 Discovery Apr. 113/2 [Greek] architectural forms which had received the sanction of Paris were also admitted by those who otherwise drank only from the Pierian spring. 1994 Aquinas Rev. 1 54 That is the spur that lends my spirit strength to pioneer through pathless tracts of their Pierian realm. 2. Entomology. = pierid adj. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [adjective] > of or relating to family Pieridae Pierian1871 pierid1896 1871 Amer. Naturalist 4 761 This large Pierian butterfly was taken by me at New Bedford, Mass. 1917 Amer. Naturalist 51 284 The new colors would undoubtedly appear in patterns largely determined by and reflecting the Pierian ancestry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1591
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