单词 | un-greek |
释义 | un-Greekn.adj. A. n. One who is not a Greek. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > not Greek un-Greek1535 barbarian1628 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Rom. i. 14 I am detter both to the Grekes, and to the vngrekes. B. adj. Not Greek in character; not in accordance with Greek ideas or habits. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [adjective] > not Greek un-Grecian1799 un-Greek1846 1846 T. Keightley Notes Bucolics & Georgics of Virgil 332 Supplying..a totally un-Latin secundum, in Greek a κατά, which is for the most part quite as un-Greek. 1853 W. Whewell tr. H. Grotius De Jure Belli III. 221 The slaughter of the Thebans, who had surrendered, was an un-Greek massacre. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 38 One of the most remarkable conceptions of the Republic [of Plato], because un-Greek in character. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1535 |
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