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单词 subtartarean
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subtartareanadj.

Forms:

α. 1600s subtartarian.

β. 1700s–1800s subtartarean.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: sub- prefix, Tartarean adj.1
Etymology: < sub- prefix + Tartarean adj.1, after ancient Greek ὑποταρτάριος.With the α. forms compare Tartarian adj.2
Obsolete.
Belonging or existing under Tartarus (Tartarus n. a); deeply infernal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective] > of classical mythology > being under Tartarus
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subtartarused1856
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xiv. 211 Then Juno, as she was required sware By all the Subtartarian Gods [Gk. θεοὺς δ᾽ὀνόμηνεν ἅπαντας τοὺς ὑποταρταρίους].
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 314 The Queen..from th' infernal Bow'rs Invokes the sable Subtartarean Pow'rs.
1794 T. Taylor in tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. Notes 280 Some [of the mundane gods] are..subtartarean.
1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 358 Invoking from the realms below The subtartarean gods, the Titan train.
a1895 J. O'Neill Night of Gods (1897) II. 953 Olympiodorus, in his commentary on Plato's Alcibiades, gives Seven categories of deities:..celestial, ethereal, fiery, aerial, aquatic, terrestrial, and subtartarean.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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