单词 | servian |
释义 | Servianadj. Roman History. Of or relating to Servius Tullius, the sixth king of Rome, traditionally said to have reigned in the 6th century b.c.Esp. with reference to the military and constitutional reforms traditionally associated with his reign, and to the city wall whose construction has been ascribed to him (although the surviving portions of this wall are now generally dated to the 4th century b.c.). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Serbia > [adjective] Serbian1603 Servian1829 Serb1849 1829 Westm. Rev. Oct. 385 It was..only the rudiments of political liberty which the plebs acquired by the Servian constitution. 1832 Encycl. Americana XI. 77/2 Romulus surrounded the city with a wall... The second, or the Servian wall, was much more extensive. 1904 H. S. Williams Historians' Hist. World V. 13 Etruscan commanders..reorganised the army by the introduction of the Servian system of centuries. 1954 K. von Fritz Theory of Mixed Constit. in Antiq. ix. 235 Even if one assumes that the so-called Servian order was as old as ancient tradition says it was.., the voting power was still most unequally divided. 2010 Classical Antiq. 29 174 This is not a full-scale demolition, and may merely rectify an unauthorized impingement on the Servian wall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1829 |
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