antiquity

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A0348300 (ăn-tĭk′wĭ-tē)n. pl. an·tiq·ui·ties 1. Ancient times, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages.2. The people, especially the writers and artisans, of ancient times: inventions unknown to antiquity.3. The quality of being old or ancient; considerable age: a carving of great antiquity.4. often antiquities Something, such as an object or a relic, belonging to or dating from ancient times.

antiquity

(ænˈtɪkwɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. the quality of being ancient or very old: a vase of great antiquity. 2. the far distant past, esp the time preceding the Middle Ages in Europe3. the people of ancient times collectively; the ancients

an•tiq•ui•ty

(ænˈtɪk wɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties. 1. the quality of being ancient; ancientness: a bowl of great antiquity. 2. ancient times; former ages. 3. the period of history before the Middle Ages. 4. antiquities, things belonging to or remaining from ancient times, as monuments, relics, or customs. 5. the peoples, nations, or cultures of ancient times. [1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin]

Antiquity

See also greece and greeks; history.
antediluviana person who lived before the Flood. — antediluvian, adj.antiquarianisman interest in the customs, art, and social structure of earlier peoples and civilizations. — antiquarian, n., adj.archaeographythe field of description of antiquities. — archaeographical, adj. — archaeographer, n.archaeology, archeologythe scientific study of human remains and artifacts. — archaeologist, archeologist, n. — archeologie, archaeologic, archeological, archaeological, adj.Assyriologythe study of the language and culture of ancient Assyria. — Assyriologist, n. — Assyriological, adj.classicismthe principles or style of classic art or literature. — classicist, n.Egyptologythe study of ancient Egyptian language, history, and culture. — Egyptologist, n. — Egyptological, adj.epigraphythe deciphering and interpreting of ancient inscriptions. — epigraphist, epigrapher, n. — epigraphic, epigraphical, adj.Etruscologythe study of Etruscan civilization, especially its artifacts and language. — Etruscologist, n.HellenismAncient Greek culture and ideals. — Hellenist, n.lipsanographyRare. the research and composition of treatises about relics. — lipsanographer, n.momiologythe study of mummies.paleography, palaeographythe study of ancient writings, including inscriptions. — paleographer, palaeographer, n. — paleographic, palaeographic, adj. papyrology the study of ancient writings on papyrus. — papyrologist, n.post-diluviana person who lived after the Flood. — post-diluvian, adj.romanismthe policies and actions distinctive of ancient Rome.

antiquity

A thing, such as a ruin or an object, that dates from ancient times.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europelustrum - a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the censuscatacomb - an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)circus - (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial gamesgalley - (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oarsbay wreath, laurel wreath, laurel - (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victorypantheon - (antiquity) a temple to all the godstoga virilis - (ancient Rome) a toga worn by a youth as a symbol of manhood and citizenshiphumour, humor - (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"dithyramb - (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)pean, paean - (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)torch race - (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the nextAna - mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with DanuLug, Lugh - ancient Celtic godEgyptian deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient EgyptiansRa, Re - ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the godsSemitic deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient SemitesPersian deity - a deity worshiped by the ancient PersiansChinese deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient ChineseGreek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient GreeksRoman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient RomansBacchus - (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of DionysusNorse deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient NorsemenPhrygian deity - deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minoraugur, auspex - (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policycenturion - (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldierschoragus - (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorusgladiator - (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combatpontifex - a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Romeprocurator - (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxessibyl - (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophettribune - (ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interestshistory - the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"historic period, age - an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"Romanic, Roman - of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome); "Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall"
	2.	antiquity - extreme oldness ancientnessoldness - the quality of being old; the opposite of newness
	3.	antiquity - an artifact surviving from the pastartefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a wholeantique - any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarityrelic - an antiquity that has survived from the distant pastRoman building - a building constructed by the ancient Romansstela, stele - an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings

antiquity

noun1. distant past, ancient times, time immemorial, olden days famous monuments of classical antiquity2. old age, age, oldness, ancientness, elderliness a town of great antiquity3. antique, ruin, relic collectors of Roman antiquities

Translations

古代古物时代

antique

(ӕnˈtiːk) adjective1. old and usually valuable. an antique chair.古时的2. old or old-fashioned. That car is positively antique.古式的3. (of a shop etc) dealing in antiques. an antique business.古玩的 noun something made long ago (usually more than a hundred years ago) which is valuable or interesting. He collects antiques.古董antiquated (ˈӕntikweitid) adjective old or out of fashion. an antiquated car.过时的antiquity (ӕnˈtikwəti) noun1. ancient times, especially those of the ancient Greeks and Romans. the gods and heroes of antiquity.古代2. great age. a statue of great antiquity.时代3. (plural anˈtiquities) something remaining from ancient times (eg a statue, a vase). Roman antiquities.古物

Antiquity

a term denoting the ancient, the very old.

In a broad sense antiquity is completely equal to the Russian word drevnost’, but it is most often used for a special purpose, wherein it means the same as drevnost’ but is applied to ancient Greece (including Hellenism) and ancient Rome.

From the Renaissance, when interest in the Greco-Roman antiquities was very great (people gathered and collected works of ancient art and texts of ancient authors, in addition to studying the history and literature of ancient Greece and Rome), there arose such concepts as ancient (antique) art, ancient literature, ancient history, ancient philosophy, and ancient culture.

With the growth of interest in socioeconomic history such concepts also arose as the ancient city and the ancient economic system, as well as concepts introduced by K. Marx: the ancient means of production and the ancient form of property. As Marx noted, the ancient form of property always manifested itself in a contradictory, dualistic form: as state (jointly owned) property and as private property. As a rule, moreover, the latter was conditioned by and dependent upon the former. Only an owner of a main means of production (land) could be a fully entitled member of the civic community—the polis. The ancient world also knew other types of state structure, but the polis was the most defined form.

Of very great historical importance in ancient society was the rise of democracy, under the conditions of which fully entitled citizens participated in political life and the governing of the state. A component of the polis structure, without which it would have been unthinkable in general, was the people’s assembly; however, the degree of democratization was different in various poleis. Despite the fact that it was a democracy of only a privileged minority of the free population, polis democracy was a large step forward for its time. Such ancient communities as a number of the Greek states (Athens, Corinth, and others) as well as Rome, were at a certain period of their development characterized by a profound penetration of slave labor in their basic branches of production. Slave labor thus became, if not the only force, at least one of the chief productive forces.

In ancient society permanent universal values were created, and high stages of development were attained in philosophy, literature, the pictorial arts, and architecture in ancient Greece and Rome.

REFERENCES

Marx, K. “Formy, predshestvuishchie kapitalisticheskomu proizvodstvu.” In K. Marx and F. Engels. Soch.,2nd ed., vol. 46, part 1.
Marx, K. “K kritike politicheskoi ekonomii.” Ibid., vol. 13.
“Iz rukopisnogo nasledstva K. Marksa: Vvedenie.” Ibid., vol. 12.
Engels, F. “Anti-Diuring.” Ibid., vol. 20.
Engels, F. “Proiskhozhdenie sem’i, chastnoi sobstvennosti i gosudarstva.” Ibid., vol. 21.
Marx, K., and F. Engels. Ob antichnosti. Leningrad, 1932.
Kovalev, S. I. “Uchenie Marksa i Engel’sa ob antichnom sposobe proizvodstva.” Izvestiia Gosudarstvennoi akademii istorii material’noi kul’tury,1932, vol. 12, nos. 9–10.
Utchenko, S. L., and E. M. Shtaerman. “O nekotorykh voprosakh istorii rabstva.” Vestnik drevnei istorii,1960, no. 4.

S. L. UTCHENKO

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noun distant past

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noun old age

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noun antique

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noun the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

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noun extreme oldness

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noun an artifact surviving from the past

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