单词 | castalia |
释义 | Castalian. Proper name of a spring on Mount Parnassus, sacred to the Muses; often used allusively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun] > poetic inspiration muse?a1425 caballine fountain1430 Helicona1529 Castalia1591 enthusiasm1593 fire1656 duende1956 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. Hv The..waues of..Castaly. 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. D6v Conuert each riuer to pure Castalie. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. xxi And brought them to another Castalie. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 79 I led you then to all the Castalies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1591 |
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