Priapeanadj.

Brit.

/ˌprʌɪəˈpiːən/, U.S.

/ˌpraɪəˈpiən/

Forms: 1600s Priapaean, 1600s– Priapean. Also with lower-case initial.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin Priāpēus (in post-classical Latin also Priapeius , 4th cent.) of or belonging to Priapus, designating a metre ( < Hellenistic Greek Πριάπειος of or belonging to Priapus, usually designating a metre < Πρίαπος Priapus n. + -ειος , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix. Compare French priapéen belonging to the cult of Priapus, designating a metre (1842). Compare Priapian adj., priapic adj.

1. = priapic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > of or relating to Priapus

Priapean1623

Priapian1727

priapic1786

1623 J. Taylor World runnes on Wheeles sig. B7 I pray you what hinderance hath it but it may vse the Paphean or Priapean game?

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxvii. 224 The Priapæan Prowess of..Hercules [Fr. Ne me allegue poinct icy en paragon les fabuleux ribaulx Hercules, Proculus, Caesar, & Mahumet].

1795 C. Anstey Poet. Wks. (1808) 362 Yet doth my soul a secret solace find,..That thou to Priapean head consign'd.

1859 D. G. Brinton Notes on Floridian Peninsula 130 They had no lascivious or Priapean images or rites.

1896 Littell's Living Age 22 Aug. 504/2 At one moment he revels in Priapean mirth and shows the cruel leer and lasciviousness of the garden-god.

1936 Mod. Philol. 33 377 There were sex and even priapean elements in the popular cult of San Damiano in Italy, but it is impossible to say whether Chaucer was aware of them.

1978 P. Barolsky Infinite Jest iv. 86 This playful and priapean eroticism informs the very customs of Renaissance marriage celebrations.

2001 Financial Times (Nexis) 1 Sept. 9 It wasn't the priapean detail that offended female viewers.

2. Classical Prosody. Designating a logaoedic metre consisting of a catalectic glyconic and a pherecratean, associated esp. with poems addressed to Priapus.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > other metres

pherecratic1678

logaœdic1844

Priapean1844

molossic1848

quindecasyllabic1880

monoschemic1890

1844 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Jan. 91/2 The Glyconic and Pherecratean alternated, composed the Priapean, (not named by our author,) of which we next have an illustration.

1871 J. Hadley Greek Gram. 328 Some verses consist of more than one series: thus..Priapean.

1919 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 30 131 The third piece is in the beautiful and impetuous Priapean metre that Catullus had employed with great skill.

1963 J. W. Halporn et al. Meters of Greek & Lat. Poetry 30 When the glyconic and the pherecratean are combined into one period, the resulting structure is called priapean.

1997 L. P. E. Parker Songs of Aristophanes ii. 22 In its most elementary form, the contrast is exemplified in various dicola made up of dimeter + catalectic dimeter:..[including] priapean (blunt, pendent).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	priapean
释义	Priapeanadj. Brit. /ˌprʌɪəˈpiːən/, U.S. /ˌpraɪəˈpiən/ Forms: 1600s Priapaean, 1600s– Priapean. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Priāpēus , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Priāpēus (in post-classical Latin also Priapeius , 4th cent.) of or belonging to Priapus, designating a metre ( < Hellenistic Greek Πριάπειος of or belonging to Priapus, usually designating a metre < Πρίαπος Priapus n. + -ειος , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix. Compare French priapéen belonging to the cult of Priapus, designating a metre (1842). Compare Priapian adj., priapic adj. 1. = priapic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > of or relating to Priapus Priapean1623 Priapian1727 priapic1786 1623 J. Taylor World runnes on Wheeles sig. B7 I pray you what hinderance hath it but it may vse the Paphean or Priapean game? 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxvii. 224 The Priapæan Prowess of..Hercules [Fr. Ne me allegue poinct icy en paragon les fabuleux ribaulx Hercules, Proculus, Caesar, & Mahumet]. 1795 C. Anstey Poet. Wks. (1808) 362 Yet doth my soul a secret solace find,..That thou to Priapean head consign'd. 1859 D. G. Brinton Notes on Floridian Peninsula 130 They had no lascivious or Priapean images or rites. 1896 Littell's Living Age 22 Aug. 504/2 At one moment he revels in Priapean mirth and shows the cruel leer and lasciviousness of the garden-god. 1936 Mod. Philol. 33 377 There were sex and even priapean elements in the popular cult of San Damiano in Italy, but it is impossible to say whether Chaucer was aware of them. 1978 P. Barolsky Infinite Jest iv. 86 This playful and priapean eroticism informs the very customs of Renaissance marriage celebrations. 2001 Financial Times (Nexis) 1 Sept. 9 It wasn't the priapean detail that offended female viewers. 2. Classical Prosody. Designating a logaoedic metre consisting of a catalectic glyconic and a pherecratean, associated esp. with poems addressed to Priapus. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > other metres pherecratic1678 logaœdic1844 Priapean1844 molossic1848 quindecasyllabic1880 monoschemic1890 1844 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Jan. 91/2 The Glyconic and Pherecratean alternated, composed the Priapean, (not named by our author,) of which we next have an illustration. 1871 J. Hadley Greek Gram. 328 Some verses consist of more than one series: thus..Priapean. 1919 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 30 131 The third piece is in the beautiful and impetuous Priapean metre that Catullus had employed with great skill. 1963 J. W. Halporn et al. Meters of Greek & Lat. Poetry 30 When the glyconic and the pherecratean are combined into one period, the resulting structure is called priapean. 1997 L. P. E. Parker Songs of Aristophanes ii. 22 In its most elementary form, the contrast is exemplified in various dicola made up of dimeter + catalectic dimeter:..[including] priapean (blunt, pendent). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1623
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