trilithn.

Brit.

/ˈtrʌɪlɪθ/, U.S.

/ˈtraɪˌlɪθ/

Forms: Originally (and still often) in Greek form trilithon

/ˈtraɪlɪθɒn/.

Etymology: < Greek τρίλιθον, neuter of τρίλιθος adjective, of three stones, < τρι- tri- comb. form + λίθος stone; so modern French trilithe.

a. A prehistoric structure or monument consisting of three large stones, two upright and one resting upon them as a lintel.

ΘΚΠ

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trilith1740

α.

1740 W. Stukeley Stonehenge iv. 22 This adytum..is in truth compos'd of certain compages of stones, which I shall call trilithons, because made, each of two upright stones, with an impost at top.

1881 T. Hardy in Illustr. London News Christmas No. 19/1 A Druidical trilithon, consisting of three oblong stones in the form of a doorway.

1904 B. C. A. Windle Remains Prehist. Age Eng. 185 An ellipse of hewn sarsen trilithons, with mortise and tenon connections.

β. 1852 T. Wright Celt, Roman, & Saxon ii. 59 Stones..arranged in what the French archæologists term triliths.1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 93 A trilith, or complete cromlech, consisting only of three stones.1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. I. 78 Circles of monoliths or triliths, sometimes surrounding what seems an altar.

b. (in form trilithon) representing Greek τρίλιθον applied to the Jupiter temple at Bálbec, in the wall of which there are three gigantic stones lying end to end.

ΚΠ

1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §269. 262 Of the trilithon at Balbec there are to be seen stones as much as 60 feet in length.

1881 Athenæum 6 Aug. 174/2 She [sc. Mary Sumner] attributes the trilithon temple of Baalbek..to those mysterious Phœnician builders.

Derivatives

trilithic adj.

/traɪˈlɪθɪk/ (erron. triliˈthonic) pertaining to or of the nature of a trilith.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [adjective] > trilithon

trilithic1834

1834 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 175 Having what may almost be called the unique trilithonic construction.

1872 R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. Trilithic.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trilith
释义	trilithn. Brit. /ˈtrʌɪlɪθ/, U.S. /ˈtraɪˌlɪθ/ Forms: Originally (and still often) in Greek form trilithon /ˈtraɪlɪθɒn/. Etymology: < Greek τρίλιθον, neuter of τρίλιθος adjective, of three stones, < τρι- tri- comb. form + λίθος stone; so modern French trilithe. a. A prehistoric structure or monument consisting of three large stones, two upright and one resting upon them as a lintel. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > trilithon trilith1740 α. 1740 W. Stukeley Stonehenge iv. 22 This adytum..is in truth compos'd of certain compages of stones, which I shall call trilithons, because made, each of two upright stones, with an impost at top. 1881 T. Hardy in Illustr. London News Christmas No. 19/1 A Druidical trilithon, consisting of three oblong stones in the form of a doorway. 1904 B. C. A. Windle Remains Prehist. Age Eng. 185 An ellipse of hewn sarsen trilithons, with mortise and tenon connections. β. 1852 T. Wright Celt, Roman, & Saxon ii. 59 Stones..arranged in what the French archæologists term triliths.1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 93 A trilith, or complete cromlech, consisting only of three stones.1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. I. 78 Circles of monoliths or triliths, sometimes surrounding what seems an altar. b. (in form trilithon) representing Greek τρίλιθον applied to the Jupiter temple at Bálbec, in the wall of which there are three gigantic stones lying end to end. ΚΠ 1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §269. 262 Of the trilithon at Balbec there are to be seen stones as much as 60 feet in length. 1881 Athenæum 6 Aug. 174/2 She [sc. Mary Sumner] attributes the trilithon temple of Baalbek..to those mysterious Phœnician builders. Derivatives trilithic adj. /traɪˈlɪθɪk/ (erron. triliˈthonic) pertaining to or of the nature of a trilith. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [adjective] > trilithon trilithic1834 1834 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 175 Having what may almost be called the unique trilithonic construction. 1872 R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. Trilithic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1740
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