单词 | well-greaved |
释义 | well-greavedadj. poetic and archaic. Wearing fine or sturdy greaves (greave n.2 1).Chiefly in translations of and allusions to Homer. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [adjective] > having greaves well-greaved1598 jambered1668 greaved1865 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). < adj.1598 |
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