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单词 well-greaved
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well-greavedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈɡriːvd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈɡrivd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and greave n.2 and -ed suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: well adv., greave n.2, -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < well adv. + greave n.2 + -ed suffix2, after ancient Greek (Homer) ἐϋκνήμις.
poetic and archaic.
Wearing fine or sturdy greaves (greave n.2 1).Chiefly in translations of and allusions to Homer.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [adjective] > having greaves
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1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 2 Atrides and the wel-greaude Greekes [Gk. ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοί].
1789 Eaton Chron. (Cheshire) 6 Sept. 52 Lastly descended from the hall, the well-greaved knights, and courteous damsels.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. vii. 170 Down sat The well-greaved Greecians [Gk. ἐϋκνήμιδας Ἀχαιούς] also at command Of Agamemnon.
1863 W. H. Russell My Diary North & South I. iii. 32 The lustrous, highly-jewelled, well-greaved Achaian of New York.
1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 31 Telemachus now already are thy well-greaved fellows [Gk. ἐϋκνήμιδες ἑταῖροι] there.
1964 D. Cheney Son of Minos xxiv. 191 ‘Hear, ye well-greaved Greeks!’ cried Agamemnon.
2002 D. Ogden tr. Homer Odyssey in Magic, Witchcraft & Ghosts v. 95 I counted off all my well-greaved companions into two groups.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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