Briareusn.

Brit.

/brʌɪˈɛːrɪəs/,

/ˈbrʌɪər(j)uːs/, U.S.

/braɪˈɛriəs/,

/ˈbraɪərus/

Forms: 1500s– Briareus, 1800s–1900s Briareos.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Briareus.

Etymology: < the name of Briareus (classical Latin Briareus , ancient Greek Βριάρεως ), a hundred-handed giant of Greek mythology. Compare earlier Briarean adj.In quot. 1589 via Middle French Briareus, noun (1579 in the passage translated; also 1559 in the passage translated in quot. 1579 at Briarean adj.; the underlying Greek texts use a form of the proper name in each case).

Now rare.

An imaginary monster or person resembling Briareus, spec. in having a hundred, or many, hands or arms. Hence: a person capable of doing many things at once; a person of wide-ranging power or influence.In Greek mythology, Briareus was one of three giants having a hundred hands or arms each, who fought with Zeus against the Titans.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > characters from classical mythology > miscellaneous

minotaureOE

Tantalusc1369

Aegipan1538

Pandora1581

Briareus1589

Laocoön1601

hippalektryon1822

1589 J. Clapham tr. Plutarch Philos. Treat. conc. Quietnes of Mind sig. C4 Vnlesse peraduenture some one bee so presumptuous to make himselfe a Paragon, for a Briareus, or a Hercules.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 27 A gowtie Briareus, many hands, & no vse.

1689 C. Mather Small Offers toward Service of Tabernacle 4 The Pattern of a considerable person, has no inconsiderable Influence upon the Observers of it. Such an one does good or ill, even like a Briareus, with an Hundred Hands.

1742 tr. C. Rollin Rom. Hist. (Dublin ed.) V. xvi. ii. 195 Shall we not give over making war..with this Briareus of a geometrician, who uses my galleys and Sambucæ so roughly.

1834 D. Webster in Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 7 June A Briareus sits in the centre of our system, and with his hundred hands touches every thing, moves every thing, controls every thing.

1906 G. K. Chesterton in Illustr. London News 21 July 78/2 When he invents the most fantastic monstrosities of mechanism, he is only turning himself, as it were, in to a monstrosity, into a Briareus, or a centipede.

1953 R. B. Braithwaite Sci. Explan. v. 133 A selection of balls drawn simultaneously one from each bag by an n-handed Briareus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	briareus
释义	Briareusn. Brit. /brʌɪˈɛːrɪəs/, /ˈbrʌɪər(j)uːs/, U.S. /braɪˈɛriəs/, /ˈbraɪərus/ Forms: 1500s– Briareus, 1800s–1900s Briareos. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Briareus. Etymology: < the name of Briareus (classical Latin Briareus , ancient Greek Βριάρεως ), a hundred-handed giant of Greek mythology. Compare earlier Briarean adj.In quot. 1589 via Middle French Briareus, noun (1579 in the passage translated; also 1559 in the passage translated in quot. 1579 at Briarean adj.; the underlying Greek texts use a form of the proper name in each case). Now rare. An imaginary monster or person resembling Briareus, spec. in having a hundred, or many, hands or arms. Hence: a person capable of doing many things at once; a person of wide-ranging power or influence.In Greek mythology, Briareus was one of three giants having a hundred hands or arms each, who fought with Zeus against the Titans. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > characters from classical mythology > miscellaneous minotaureOE Tantalusc1369 Aegipan1538 Pandora1581 Briareus1589 Laocoön1601 hippalektryon1822 1589 J. Clapham tr. Plutarch Philos. Treat. conc. Quietnes of Mind sig. C4 Vnlesse peraduenture some one bee so presumptuous to make himselfe a Paragon, for a Briareus, or a Hercules. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 27 A gowtie Briareus, many hands, & no vse. View more context for this quotation 1689 C. Mather Small Offers toward Service of Tabernacle 4 The Pattern of a considerable person, has no inconsiderable Influence upon the Observers of it. Such an one does good or ill, even like a Briareus, with an Hundred Hands. 1742 tr. C. Rollin Rom. Hist. (Dublin ed.) V. xvi. ii. 195 Shall we not give over making war..with this Briareus of a geometrician, who uses my galleys and Sambucæ so roughly. 1834 D. Webster in Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 7 June A Briareus sits in the centre of our system, and with his hundred hands touches every thing, moves every thing, controls every thing. 1906 G. K. Chesterton in Illustr. London News 21 July 78/2 When he invents the most fantastic monstrosities of mechanism, he is only turning himself, as it were, in to a monstrosity, into a Briareus, or a centipede. 1953 R. B. Braithwaite Sci. Explan. v. 133 A selection of balls drawn simultaneously one from each bag by an n-handed Briareus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1589
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