单词 | progne |
释义 | Prognen. 1. poetic. (A name for) the swallow (frequently treated poetically as a variety of songbird). Cf. Philomel n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Hirundo > hirundo rustica (swallow) swallowa700 Prognea1425 house swallow1572 hirondelle?1590 chimney-swallow1775 barn-swallow1851 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 6005 Progne..was torned..Into a Swalwe swift of winge.] a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) ii. 64 The swalowe, Proigne, with a sorowful lay, Whan morwen com, gan make hire waymentynge. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 178 And Progne, on whose brest as yet is seene, The blooddy marke of hands that Itys slewe. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 2) 5 About ane bank..The Merle and Maveis micht be seine, The Progne [ed. 1 Progney] and the Phelomene. 1622 P. Hannay Nightingale 25 When pleasing Progne's longing loue For Philomela's sight Grew wake-rife. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 123 Progne, with her Bosom stain'd in Blood. View more context for this quotation 1748 J. Hawkesworth Autumn in Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 422 Soft pleasing woes my heart invade, As Progne pours the melting lay. 1803 H. K. White Clifton Grove 17 Lorn Progne's note from distant copse behind. 1844 Southern Literary Messenger 10 502/1 The varied sweets of gay and lovely spring, and Progne's song and Philomela's plain. 1871 A. Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. I. 189 The lintwhite loud and progne proud With tuneful throats and narrow. 1956 E. Pound tr. Sophocles Women of Trachis 41 As Progne shrill upon the weeping air, 'Tis no great sound. 1980 ‘A. T. Ellis’ Birds of Air 125 ‘You seem very cheerful,’ she snapped... ‘Oh, I am,’ said Mary... Procne to mute Philomela grieving for her Itys, she thought. 2. Zoology. A genus of birds of the family Hirundinidae which comprises several American martins, notably the purple martin of North America, P. subis. Formerly also: †a martin of this genus (obsolete). ΚΠ 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 363/1 Hirundinidæ... Genera:—Progne, Boie; [etc.]. 1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 143 Before taking wing and while in the air they are quite noisy with a note closely resembling the parent call of Progne. 1923 W. H. Hudson Hind in Richmond Park xiii. 163 The large purple martin (Progne); these would assemble on the tops of the tallest trees. 2004 J. del Hoyo et al. Handbk. Birds of World IX. 604/1 The relationships of the various species and subspecies of the large Progne martins are still uncertain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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