faarao

faarao (nominative singular)
faaraot (nominative plural)
faarao (accusative nominative singular)
faaraot (accusative nominative plural)
faaraon (accusative genitive singular)
faaraot (accusative genitive plural)
faaraon (genitive singular)
faaraoiden (genitive plural)
faaraoitten (genitive plural)
faaraota (partitive singular)
faaraoita (partitive plural)
faaraossa (inessive singular)
faaraoissa (inessive plural)
faaraosta (elative singular)
faaraoista (elative plural)
faaraoon (illative singular)
faaraoihin (illative plural)
faaraolla (adessive singular)
faaraoilla (adessive plural)
faaraolta (ablative singular)
faaraoilta (ablative plural)
faaraolle (allative singular)
faaraoille (allative plural)
faaraona (essive singular)
faaraoina (essive plural)
faaraoksi (singular translative)
faaraoiksi (plural translative)
faaraotta (abessive singular)
faaraoitta (abessive plural)
faaraoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
faaraoni (nominative singular)
faaraoni (nominative plural)
faaraoni (accusative nominative singular)
faaraoni (accusative nominative plural)
faaraoni (accusative genitive singular)
faaraoni (accusative genitive plural)
faaraoni (genitive singular)
faaraoideni (genitive plural)
faaraoitteni (genitive plural)
faaraotani (partitive singular)
faaraoitani (partitive plural)
faaraossani (inessive singular)
faaraoissani (inessive plural)
faaraostani (elative singular)
faaraoistani (elative plural)
faaraooni (illative singular)
faaraoihini (illative plural)
faaraollani (adessive singular)
faaraoillani (adessive plural)
faaraoltani (ablative singular)
faaraoiltani (ablative plural)
faaraolleni (allative singular)
faaraoilleni (allative plural)
faaraonani (essive singular)
faaraoinani (essive plural)
faaraokseni (singular translative)
faaraoikseni (plural translative)
faaraottani (abessive singular)
faaraoittani (abessive plural)
faaraoineni (comitative plural)
faaraosi (nominative singular)
faaraosi (nominative plural)
faaraosi (accusative nominative singular)
faaraosi (accusative nominative plural)
faaraosi (accusative genitive singular)
faaraosi (accusative genitive plural)
faaraosi (genitive singular)
faaraoidesi (genitive plural)
faaraoittesi (genitive plural)
faaraotasi (partitive singular)
faaraoitasi (partitive plural)
faaraossasi (inessive singular)
faaraoissasi (inessive plural)
faaraostasi (elative singular)
faaraoistasi (elative plural)
faaraoosi (illative singular)
faaraoihisi (illative plural)
faaraollasi (adessive singular)
faaraoillasi (adessive plural)
faaraoltasi (ablative singular)
faaraoiltasi (ablative plural)
faaraollesi (allative singular)
faaraoillesi (allative plural)
faaraonasi (essive singular)
faaraoinasi (essive plural)
faaraoksesi (singular translative)
faaraoiksesi (plural translative)
faaraottasi (abessive singular)
faaraoittasi (abessive plural)
faaraoinesi (comitative plural)
faaraomme (nominative singular)
faaraomme (nominative plural)
faaraomme (accusative nominative singular)
faaraomme (accusative nominative plural)
faaraomme (accusative genitive singular)
faaraomme (accusative genitive plural)
faaraomme (genitive singular)
faaraoidemme (genitive plural)
faaraoittemme (genitive plural)
faaraotamme (partitive singular)
faaraoitamme (partitive plural)
faaraossamme (inessive singular)
faaraoissamme (inessive plural)
faaraostamme (elative singular)
faaraoistamme (elative plural)
faaraoomme (illative singular)
faaraoihimme (illative plural)
faaraollamme (adessive singular)
faaraoillamme (adessive plural)
faaraoltamme (ablative singular)
faaraoiltamme (ablative plural)
faaraollemme (allative singular)
faaraoillemme (allative plural)
faaraonamme (essive singular)
faaraoinamme (essive plural)
faaraoksemme (singular translative)
faaraoiksemme (plural translative)
faaraottamme (abessive singular)
faaraoittamme (abessive plural)
faaraoinemme (comitative plural)
faaraonne (nominative singular)
faaraonne (nominative plural)
faaraonne (accusative nominative singular)
faaraonne (accusative nominative plural)
faaraonne (accusative genitive singular)
faaraonne (accusative genitive plural)
faaraonne (genitive singular)
faaraoidenne (genitive plural)
faaraoittenne (genitive plural)
faaraotanne (partitive singular)
faaraoitanne (partitive plural)
faaraossanne (inessive singular)
faaraoissanne (inessive plural)
faaraostanne (elative singular)
faaraoistanne (elative plural)
faaraoonne (illative singular)
faaraoihinne (illative plural)
faaraollanne (adessive singular)
faaraoillanne (adessive plural)
faaraoltanne (ablative singular)
faaraoiltanne (ablative plural)
faaraollenne (allative singular)
faaraoillenne (allative plural)
faaraonanne (essive singular)
faaraoinanne (essive plural)
faaraoksenne (singular translative)
faaraoiksenne (plural translative)
faaraottanne (abessive singular)
faaraoittanne (abessive plural)
faaraoinenne (comitative plural)
faaraonsa (nominative singular)
faaraonsa (nominative plural)
faaraonsa (accusative nominative singular)
faaraonsa (accusative nominative plural)
faaraonsa (accusative genitive singular)
faaraonsa (accusative genitive plural)
faaraonsa (genitive singular)
faaraoidensa (genitive plural)
faaraoittensa (genitive plural)
faaraotaan (partitive singular)
faaraotansa (partitive singular)
faaraoitaan (partitive plural)
faaraoitansa (partitive plural)
faaraossaan (inessive singular)
faaraossansa (inessive singular)
faaraoissaan (inessive plural)
faaraoissansa (inessive plural)
faaraostaan (elative singular)
faaraostansa (elative singular)
faaraoistaan (elative plural)
faaraoistansa (elative plural)
faaraoonsa (illative singular)
faaraoihinsa (illative plural)
faaraollaan (adessive singular)
faaraollansa (adessive singular)
faaraoillaan (adessive plural)
faaraoillansa (adessive plural)
faaraoltaan (ablative singular)
faaraoltansa (ablative singular)
faaraoiltaan (ablative plural)
faaraoiltansa (ablative plural)
faaraolleen (allative singular)
faaraollensa (allative singular)
faaraoilleen (allative plural)
faaraoillensa (allative plural)
faaraonaan (essive singular)
faaraonansa (essive singular)
faaraoinaan (essive plural)
faaraoinansa (essive plural)
faaraokseen (singular translative)
faaraoksensa (singular translative)
faaraoikseen (plural translative)
faaraoiksensa (plural translative)
faaraottaan (abessive singular)
faaraottansa (abessive singular)
faaraoittaan (abessive plural)
faaraoittansa (abessive plural)
faaraoineen (comitative plural)
faaraoinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈfɑ̝ːrɑ̝o̞]


triumvirate

From Latin triumvīrātus, from triumvirī (“triumvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”).

An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history.


oread

From Latin Orēas, Orēadis, from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).

The imprisoned ringlets are emancipated; 'fresh as the oread from the forest fountain,' you descend—you breathe the incense of the chocolate—not more I hope—and grow conversational and confidential over the green tea, which, with a fragrance beyond all the violets of April, rises to your lip, 'giving and taking odours.'

1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 92:

(Greek mythology) A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.


BD

Book of the Dead
Book of the Dead#English

(Egyptology) Initialism of Book of the Dead.


Sisyphus

Indeed, I have looked upon the fable of Sisyphus as an allegory, and that his wife was the stone which so perpetually rolled back upon his hands, effectually retarding his weary progress up-hill.

1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Proposal of Marriage”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 132:

(Greek mythology) Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.


Sisyphus

de-proper noun

Sisyphus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sisyphus)

Borrowed from Latin Sīsyphus, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).


spartan

spartan (indefinite nominative singular)
spartans (genitive indefinite singular)
spartanen (definite nominative singular)
spartanens (definite genitive singular)
spartaner (indefinite nominative plural)
spartaners (genitive indefinite plural)
spartanerna (definite nominative plural)
spartanernas (definite genitive plural)

From Latin spartanus, equivalent to Sparta + -an.

Spartan, inhabitant of the ancient Greek town of Sparta


nebris

From Latin nebris, from Ancient Greek νεβρίς (nebrís), earlier νεβρός (nebrós, “fawn”).

(Greek mythology) The skin of a fawn, as worn by Dionysus, and as worn in his honor by his male followers and female followers (maenads) and other votaries in Ancient Greece. It has also been shown as a panther or fox skin in different contexts.


serdar

serdar (nominative singular)
serdarzy (nominative plural)
serdary (derogatory nominative plural)
serdara (genitive singular)
serdarów (genitive plural)
serdarowi (dative singular)
serdarom (dative plural)
serdara (accusative singular)
serdarów (accusative plural)
serdarem (instrumental singular)
serdarami (instrumental plural)
serdarze (locative singular)
serdarach (locative plural)
serdarze (singular vocative)
serdarzy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سردار (serdâr), from Persian سردار (sardâr).

bor+

Sardar (title of Persian origin used for military or political leaders in Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan)


Classical Latin

The Latin language as spoken and written in formal speeches, literature, the arts, etc., by the ancient Romans.

لَاتِينِيَّة كْلَاسِيكِيَّة

Latin language as spoken and written formally


Taoism

The Chinese New Year holiday period, being disrupted this year by the outbreak of a viral illness, has evolved over more than 3,000 years to become the most important of China’s traditional festivals.
As celebrated in China and in many other places where its known as the Lunar New Year, it is largely a secular holiday, yet it includes rituals and traditions that derive from Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, as well as from ancient myths and folk religions.

2020 January 23, David Crary, “Chinese New Year secular now but kept religious underpinning”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-06-15:

A religion developed from Taoist philosophy and folk and Buddhist religion and concerned with obtaining long life and good fortune often by magical means.


aedile

From Latin aedīlis (“commissioner or magistrate”).

bor

Some of these encroachments may have received permission from the town council or the local aediles. A handful of painted notices found on the outside of the Amphitheatre suggest that it was the aediles who authorised the street vendors plying their trade underneath the monument’s arches, and assigned their pitches: ‘By permission of the aediles. Licensed to Caius Aninius Fortunatus’ etc., as the faint and fragmentary Latin seems to say.

2010, Mary Beard, chapter 2, in Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town:

(historical, Ancient Rome) An elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, regulation of festivals, supervision of markets and the supply of grain and water.


suttee

en-noun

suttee (countable and uncountable, plural suttees)

From Sanskrit सती (satī́, “good and virtuous or faithful wife”), from सत् (sát, “true, good, right etc.”). In English usage since 1786. Doublet of sin.

uder

(historical, Hinduism) The traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion.


Mithraic

From Mithras + -ic. First attested in English circa 1678. More at Mithras.

[T]hat the Druids deliberately adopted Mithraic, Serapic or other exotic rituals is, to me, unthinkable.

1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page xii. 249:


Silvius

From Latin Silvius, from silva (“forest”).

(Roman mythology) The son of Ascanius and his wife.


Sylvia

Feminine form of a Medieval form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”). In myths, Rhea Silvia was the mother of famous twins Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. 6th-century saint Silvia was the mother of the pope Gregory the Great.

(Roman mythology) Short for Princess Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.


helot

From Latin Hīlōta, from Ancient Greek Εἵλωτες (Heílōtes), possibly from ἁλίσκομαι (halískomai, “to be captured, to be made prisoner”) or from Ἕλος (Hélos, “Elos”), a Laconian town.

[…] when one of their kings dies, not only the Spartans, but a certain number of the country people from every part of Laconia are forced, whether they will or no, to attend the funeral. So these persons and the helots, and likewise the Spartans themselves, flock together to the number of several thousands, men and women intermingled; and all of them smite their foreheads violently, and weep and wall without stint, saying always that their last king was the best.

1942, “Erato”, in George Rawlinson, transl., The Persian Wars, translation of original by Herodotus:

(historical, Ancient Greece) A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.


helot

helot (indefinite nominative singular)
helots (genitive indefinite singular)
heloten (definite nominative singular)
helotens (definite genitive singular)
heloter (indefinite nominative plural)
heloters (genitive indefinite plural)
heloterna (definite nominative plural)
heloternas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἵλωτες (Heílōtes).


Sidon

From Latin Sidon and Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn).

(chiefly historical) Former name of Saïda, a city in Lebanon, a former city-state in Phoenicia.

صَيْدَا

city state of Phoenicia — see also Saïda


Sidon

Borrowed from Latin Sīdōn, from Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn).

Sidon (a city, a state of Levant in Phoenicia), now the modern day Saïda in Lebanon.


Clymene

(Greek mythology) A nymph married to Iapetus, mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius and Atlas.


Phoenicia

Borrowed from Latin Phoenicia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē).
The word is already found in the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo). Ultimately from Egyptian fnḫw, f:n:x-w-V12:Z2 ‘Canaanites, Syrians’.

The land of city states of the Phoenicians which around 1000 BC was situated on the coast of present day Syria and Lebanon, and included the cities of Tyre and Sidon.


Nazareth

Via Latin Nāzareth and Koine Greek Νᾱζᾰρέθ (Nāzaréth) from Hebrew נָצְרַת (nāṣraṯ), of uncertain origin.


calends

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From Middle English calendes, calendas, calendis, kalandes, kalendas, kalendes, kalendez, kalendis, kalendus (also in the singular forms calende, kalend, kalende), from Latin kalendās, accusative plural of kalendae (“first day of a Roman month”), an archaic variant of calandae, from calandus (“which is to be called or announced solemnly”), the future passive participle of calō (“to call, announce solemnly”) (referring to the Roman practice of proclaiming the first days of the lunar month upon seeing the first signs of a new crescent moon), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”). Although the singular form calend (now obsolete, rare) appeared in English (and compare Old English calend, kalendus (“calends; a month”)), no singular form was used in Latin as recurring days of the calendar were always referred to in the plural.
Sense 2 (“a day for settling debts and other accounts”) refers to the Roman practice of fixing the calends as the day for debts to be paid.

nb...

Containing an Account of Their Manners, Customs, Diversions, Religious Rites, Philosophy, Festivals, Oracles, Laws, Arts, Engines of War, Weights, Measures, Money, Medals, Computation and Division of Time, Chronological Terms, Heresies in the Primitive Church, &c. &c.

Often with initial capital: the first day of a month.

(historical, Ancient Rome) The first day of a month of the Roman calendar.


Hyperborea

From Ancient Greek ὑπερβόρεος (huperbóreos), i.e. ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + βόρειος (bóreios, “northern”).

(Greek mythology) the land of sunshine and plenty, beyond the northern wind, home to the hyperboreans, a race of giants

Hyperborea

The mythical land of sunshine and plenty


yazata

Transliteration from Avestan substantivized adjective 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (yazata, “(an entity that is) worthy of worship”). Doublet of Yazd.


drachm

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French dragme (modern French drachme), from Late Latin dragma. Doublet of dirham.

(units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:

(historical, obsolete) Alternative form of drachma: a small former Greek weight (about 4.3 g).

drachma

(obsolete, numismatics) Alternative form of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma.


Tyr

Tyre (an ancient city-state in Phoenicia)


bakchoi

From Ancient Greek βάκχοι (bákkhoi), from Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

(Ancient Greece) In the Eleusinian Mysteries, the branches that initiates swung along the ground along the Sacred Way, the 22-kilometer pilgrimage from Athens to Eleusis.


پارسی

ur-proper noun

پَارْسِی • (pārsī) f (Hindi spelling पारसी)

پَارْسِی (canonical)
pārsī (romanization)
पारसी (Hindi)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀭𑀲 (pārasa), from Sanskrit पारसिक (pārasika), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩' (pʾlsy /Pārs/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa). Cognate with Bengali পারসি (parśi), Gujarati પારસી (pārsī), Marathi पारशी (pārśī), and Punjabi پَارْسِی / ਪਾਰਸੀ (pārsī).

ref

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pārasika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 457

cog

Punjabi پَارْسِی


پارسی

ur-adj

پَارْسِی • (pārsī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling पारसी)

cog

Punjabi پَارْسِی


پارسی

ur-noun

پَارْسِی • (pārsī) m (Hindi spelling पारसी)

پَارْسِی (canonical)
pārsī (romanization)
पारसी (Hindi)
پَارْسِی (direct singular)
پَارْسِی (direct plural)
پَارْسِی (oblique singular)
پَارْسِِیوں (oblique plural)
پَارْسِی (singular vocative)
پَارْسِِیو (plural vocative)

cog

Punjabi پَارْسِی


Caesarian

From Caesar + -ian, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology.

(British) Alternative spelling of Caesarean.


Ottoman Empire

/ˈɒtəmən ˈɛmpaɪə/

/ˈɑtəmən ˈɛmpaɪɹ/

Ottoman, from Middle French Ottoman, from post-classical Latin Ottomanus, from Ottoman Turkish عثمان (osman), from Arabic personal name عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān) + Empire. As Osman is the Turkish spelling of that male Arabic given name ʿUṯmān, the Ottoman Empire is sometimes referred to as the Osman Empire, Osmanic Empire, or Osmanian Empire. Over the centuries the Ottoman Empire existed, it was commonly referred to as Turkey.

Under their fluctuating rule an Ottoman Empire was indeed to survive, with varying fortunes, for a further three and a half centuries. But it was an empire in the continual throes of a decline which, despite periods of respite and glimpses of momentary recovery, was to prove irreversible.

1979, Lord Kinross, The Ottoman Centuries: the Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire, page 616:

It does not seem very convincing to view a major world empire, with the most modern arms at its disposal, as merely the helpless victim of circumstances beyond its control. Even less attractive are "stage theories," which assume that at a given point in time the Ottoman Empire, its economy included, passed from the stage of "florescence" into that of "decay."

1997, Suraıya Faroqhı, Bruce McGowan, Donald Quataert, Şevket Pamuk, with Halil İnalcık as editor, An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire: Volume Two, 1600-1914, page 470

Most of the textbooks consider the period of Murad III (1574-1595) and particularly the murder of the Grand Vizier Sokullu Mehmed Pasha in 1579 as the beginning of the internal decay of the Ottoman Empire. The debacle of Vienna in 1683 the following defeats in the hands of the Holy League and the subsequent Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699 are mostly dealt with in a relatively detailed way, [...]

2001, Selçuk Akşin Somel, The modernization of public education in the Ottoman Empire, 1839-1908, page 198:

This was a factor in one of the major long-term weaknesses of the Ottoman Empire, namely the relatively small size of its Turkish population, which limited its ability to colonize conquered regions. [...] In no meaningful sense was Anatolia the empire's metropolis. This might seem strange to Europeans, who are and always were much inclined to use the words Ottoman and Turkish interchangeably when describing the empire.

2002, Dominic Lieven, Empire: The Russian Empire and Its Rivals, page 130:

(historical) A large Turkish empire which began as a Turkish sultanate centered in modern Turkey; founded in the late 13th century, it lasted until the end of World War I.


Cassandra

From Ancient Greek Κασσάνδρα (Kassándra).

And so when Cassandra foretold the evils that were to come upon Troy, even her own people would not credit her words.

1897, Michael Clarke, The Story of Troy, page 30:

(Greek mythology) A prophetess who was daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba. She captured the eye of Apollo and was granted the ability to see the future; however, she was destined never to be believed.


Auster

For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing.

1714 June 10, [Alexander Pope], The Guardian, volume I, number 78, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, page 332:

(Roman mythology) The god of the south wind.


Cimmerian

/sɪˈmɪəɹ.ɪ.ən/

From the Latin Cimmerius, from Ancient Greek Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios, “pertaining to the Cimmerii”) + -an.

der

The city, there, of the Cimmerians stands
With clouds and darkness veil’d, on whom the sun
Deigns not to look with his beam-darting eye,

1791, Homer, translated by William Cowper, The Odyssey of Homer:

On their mysterious shores were the improbable homes of impossible peoples. The Great Sea, the Broad Sea, the Boundless Sea; the Ethiopians, "dwelling far away, the most distant of men," and the Cimmerians, "covered with darkness and cloud," where "baleful night is spread over timid mortals."

1900, Jack London, The Shrinkage of the Planet:

(Greek mythology) Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.

Κιμμέριος

any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness


Cimmerian

/sɪˈmɪəɹ.ɪ.ən/

the language of the Cimmerians, possibly belonging to the Iranian branch


kuil

ms-noun

kuil (Jawi spelling کوءيل, plural kuil-kuil, informal 1st possessive kuilku, 2nd possessive kuilmu, 3rd possessive kuilnya)

کوءيل (Jawi)
kuil-kuil (plural)
kuilku (first-person informal possessive)
kuilmu (possessive second-person)
kuilnya (possessive third-person)

From Tamil கோயில் (kōyil). See also English kovil.


Chimaera

la-proper noun

Chimaera f sg (genitive Chimaerae); first declension

Chimaerae (genitive)
Chimaera (nominative singular)
Chimaerae (genitive singular)
Chimaerae (dative singular)
Chimaeram (accusative singular)
Chimaerā (ablative singular)
Chimaera (singular vocative)

[kʰɪˈmäe̯rä]

From Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira, “fire-breathing Lycian monster, fire-spewing Lycian or Cilician mountain”), from χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”).


epithalamium

en-noun

epithalamium (plural epithalamiums or epithalamia)

epithalamiums (plural)
epithalamia (plural)

/ɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəm/

Learned borrowing from Latin epithalamium, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιον (epithalámion, “bridal song”), neuter form of ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + θάλαμος (thálamos, “inner chamber, wedding chamber”).

der

Softly she laughed and sighed, and swift her glances flew. She shook her heavy tresses, and their perfume filled the place; she struck her little sandalled foot upon the floor, and hummed a snatch of some old Greek epithalamium.

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

He has wittily redone a tardy epithalamium and some nursery rhymes ("Three blind eunuchs"), and deftly catches the cozy lawnfuls of plastic dwarfs and flamingos, outside the kenneled people.

1976, Choice - Volume 13, Issues 8-12, page 1300:


ahimsa

Already, at this very early date, the ritualists were moving towards the ideal of ahimsa ("harmlessness") that would become the indispensable virtue of the Indian Axial Age.

2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 79:

This, in essence, is the Jain doctrine of ahimsa – a direct inversion of Vedic beliefs about the sustaining powers of animal sacrifice.

2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 9:

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.

不殺生

doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism


ahimsa

id-noun

ahimsa (first-person possessive ahimsaku, second-person possessive ahimsamu, third-person possessive ahimsanya)

ahimsaku (first-person possessive)
ahimsamu (possessive second-person)
ahimsanya (possessive third-person)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अहिंसा (ahiṃsā).

lbor

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) ahimsa: A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.


maat

From Afrikaans maat (“mate, buddy”). Doublet of mate.

A lot of my maats went west.

2007, William Higham, The Hammarskjold Killing, page 226:


hamadryad

en-noun

hamadryad (plural hamadryads or hamadryades)

hamadryads (plural)
hamadryades (plural)

From Latin Hamadryas, from Ancient Greek Ἁμαδρυάς (Hamadruás), from ἅμα (háma, “together”) + δρῦς (drûs, “tree”).

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The hamadryades have gone, like the golden fancies of which they were engendered—morning dreams of a young world scarce awake, but full of freshness and beauty. Yet often will the thought, or rather the fancy, come across me, that this wailing but most musical noise—heard in the dim evening, when every tree has a separate sound like a separate instrument, and every leaf a differing tone like the differing notes—is the piteous lament of some nymph pent within the gray and mossy trunk whence she may never more emerge in visible loveliness.

1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 301:

The various supports, rafters, braces and plates are of pandanus logs of a rich oily brown, and make one think of a sylvan cathedral where hamadryads might very well dance, where Syrinx might be chased by Pan, Daphne by Apollo, and various other heathen rites take place in the dark hours before the dawn.

1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 106:

(Greek mythology) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.


Horus

From Late Latin Hōrus, from Ancient Greek Ὧρος (Hôros), from Egyptian ḥr.

(Egyptian mythology) The ancient Egyptian falcon-headed god of the sun, sky, war, and kingship.


Horus

la-noun

Hōrus m sg (genitive Hōrī); second declension

Hōrus (canonical masculine singular)
Hōrī (genitive)
Hōrus (nominative singular)
Hōrī (genitive singular)
Hōrō (dative singular)
Hōrum (accusative singular)
Hōrō (ablative singular)
Hōre (singular vocative)

Danish: Horus

English: Horus

German: Horus

Japanese: ホルス

Polish: Horus

Spanish: Horus

From Ancient Greek Ὧρος (Hôros), from Egyptian ḥr.


Horus

Horus (nominative singular)
Horusa (genitive singular)
Horusowi (dative singular)
Horusa (accusative singular)
Horusem (instrumental singular)
Horusie (locative singular)
Horusie (singular vocative)

(Egyptian mythology) Horus (ancient Egyptian god of the sun, sky, war, and kingship, commonly depicted with the head of a falcon)


Horus

From Latin Hōrus, from Ancient Greek Ὧρος (Hôros), from Egyptian ḥr G5.


hetaera

From Ancient Greek ἑταῖρα (hetaîra), feminine of ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”).

Coordinate term: courtesan

But of course our friend is only a shallow twentieth-century reproduction of the great hetairae of the past, the type to which she belongs without knowing it, Lais, Charis and the rest...

(historical, Ancient Greece) A highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them.


hyperborean

/hʌɪ.pəˈbɔː.ɹɪən/

From Late Latin hyperboreanus, cognate with Classical Latin hyperboreus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβόρεος (huperbóreos), composed of ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + βόρειος (bóreios, “northern”). See also Ὑπερβόρεοι (Huperbóreoi).

The Hyperboreans venerated Apollo over the other gods.

(Greek mythology, usually capitalised) One of a race of people living in the extreme north, beyond the north wind.

Hyperboréen

(Greek mythology), one a race of people living in the extreme north


κεφαλή

grc-noun

κεφᾰλή • (kephalḗ) f (genitive κεφᾰλῆς); first declension

κεφᾰλή (canonical)
kephalḗ (romanization)
κεφᾰλῆς (genitive)
ἡ κεφᾰλή (nominative singular)
τὼ κεφᾰλᾱ́ (dual nominative)
αἱ κεφᾰλαί (nominative plural)
τῆς κεφᾰλῆς (genitive singular)
τοῖν κεφᾰλαῖν (dual genitive)
τῶν κεφᾰλῶν (genitive plural)
τῇ κεφᾰλῇ (dative singular)
τοῖν κεφᾰλαῖν (dative dual)
ταῖς κεφᾰλαῖς (dative plural)
τὴν κεφᾰλήν (accusative singular)
τὼ κεφᾰλᾱ́ (accusative dual)
τᾱ̀ς κεφᾰλᾱ́ς (accusative plural)
κεφᾰλή (singular vocative)
κεφᾰλᾱ́ (dual vocative)
κεφᾰλαί (plural vocative)

→ Coptic: ⲕⲉⲫⲁⲗⲏ (kephalē)

→ English: cephalo-

Greek: κεφαλή (kefalí)

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰepʰəlā́, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-l̥ (“head”) + *-éh₂ (“nominal suffix”). Compare κεβλή (keblḗ). False cognate of Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla).

a person's life (often in the sense of being in danger, similar to the English idiom "head is on the line").


dana

Transliteration of Sanskrit दान (dāna) or Pali dāna.

The virtue of generosity or giving, a form of alms, in Indian philosophy.


ᾍδης

grc-proper noun

ᾍδης • (Hā́idēs) m (genitive ᾍδου); first declension

Hā́idēs (romanization)
ᾍδου (genitive)
ὁ ᾍδης (nominative singular)
τοῦ ᾍδου (genitive singular)
τῷ ᾍδῃ (dative singular)
τὸν ᾍδην (accusative singular)
ᾍδη (singular vocative)
Ἀΐδης (nominative singular)
Ἀΐδᾱο (genitive singular)
Ἀΐδε͜ω (genitive singular)
Ἀΐδω (genitive singular)
Ἀΐδῃ (dative singular)
Ἀΐδην (accusative singular)
Ἀΐδη (singular vocative)

Greek: Άδης (Ádis)

→ Latin: Hādēs

→ Old Church Slavonic: адъ (adŭ) (see there for further descendants)

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“not”) + *weyd- (“see”), literally “that which is unseen”, equivalent to ἀ- (a-) + εἶδον (eîdon). Compare ἀϊδής (aïdḗs, “invisible”).
Puhvel (1987) argues that it is from *sm̥weyd- (from *sm̥- (compounding stem) + *weyd- (“see”), literally “see-together” or “uniter”), equivalent to ἁ- (ha-) + εἶδον (eîdon), cognate with Russian свида́ние (svidánije, “see each other”), and partly in Sanskrit संगमनं जनानां (saṃgamanaṃ janānāṃ, literally “ingatherer of people”), where *weyd- is replaced with *gʷem-.

noncog

संगमनं जनानां

(Greek mythology) Hades (a mythological location, the underworld in Ancient Greek religion)


Ῥώμη

grc-proper noun

Ῥώμη • (Rhṓmē) f (genitive Ῥώμης); first declension

Rhṓmē (romanization)
Ῥώμης (genitive)
ἡ Ῥώμη (nominative singular)
τῆς Ῥώμης (genitive singular)
τῇ Ῥώμῃ (dative singular)
τὴν Ῥώμην (accusative singular)
Ῥώμη (singular vocative)

Greek: Ρώμη (Rómi)

→ Arabic: رُومِية (rūmiya)

→ Aramaic: רומא

desc

Rōmāʾ, Rōmēʾ

Classical Syriac: ܪܘܡܐ (Rōmāʾ, Rōmēʾ)

→ Old Armenian: Հռովմ (Hṙovm), Հռոմ (Hṙom)

Armenian: Հռոմ (Hṙom)

→ Egyptian: h:r:M-t*t:xAst (hrm)

→ Parthian: (/Frōm/)

Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭐𐭓𐭅𐭌 (prwm)

Manichaean script: 𐫜𐫡𐫇𐫖 (frwm)

→ Middle Persian: (/Hrōm/, “Rome; Byzantine”)

Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hlwm)

Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫡𐫇𐫖 (hrwm)

Pazend script: 𐬀𐬭𐬋𐬨 (arōm)

desctree

Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬𐭩 (ḥlwmy), Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (ḥlwm)
Persian: روم (rum), اروم (orum) (rare, obsolete)
→ Ottoman Turkish: روم (rum)


lustrum

refn

From the collection of the Louvre in Paris, France.

We puſh Time from us, and we wiſh Him back; / Laviſh of Luſtrums, and yet fond of Life; / Life we think long, and ſhort; Death ſeek, and ſhun; […]

1742–1745, [Edward Young], “Night the Second. On Time, Death, Friendship. Humbly Inscrib’d to the Right Honourable the Earl of Wilmington.”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: Printed for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC, page 29, lines 172–174:

Thus passed away two lustra of her life, and, as yet, my daughter remained nameless upon the earth. "My child," and "my love," were the designations usually prompted by a father's affection, and the rigid seclusion of her days precluded all other intercourse. Morella's name died with her at her death. Of the mother I had never spoken to the daughter;—it was impossible to speak.

1835 April, Edgar Allan Poe, “Morella”, in The Southern Literary Messenger: Devoted to Every Department of Literature, and the Fine Arts, Richmond, Va.: T. W. White, →OCLC; republished in The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: In Four Volumes, volume I, New York, N.Y.: W. J. Widdleton, publisher, 1849, →OCLC, page 473:

I am hardly, if I do not deceive myself, twenty years old, and already, dearest Rosamunda, there weigh upon my existence twenty lustrums, and of these twenty lustrums I have drunk the bitterness of intranquility even to the dregs, without having done more than touched with my lips the joy of the first days of my childhood beside you.

1852, Adadus Calpe [pseudonym; Antonio Diodoro de Pascual], chapter XIV, in Henry Edgar, transl., The Two Fathers. An Unpublished Original Spanish Work. … Translated into the English Language by the Author, and Henry Edgar. Part Second: Hector Alone, New York, N.Y.: Stringer & Townsend, publishers, […]; George P[almer] Putnam, […], →OCLC, page 189:

Q. Now, sir, if you would be so kind as to guess upon his age. / A. Forty five years are certain. I would guess a lustrum more.

1985, John Fowles, A Maggot, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN:

(by extension, literary) Synonym of quinquennium: Any 5-year period.


Isis

Learned borrowing from Latin Īsis from Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis), from Egyptian st-t:H8-B1 (ꜣst).

Grant me profane kiss / Oh Isis, mother ov all / Thy lips like morphine / Teasing my slumbering heart

2009, Behemoth, Defiling Morality ov Black God:

(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic.


Isis

de-proper noun

Isis f (proper noun, genitive Isis' or Isis)

Isis' (genitive)
Isis (genitive)
Isis (nominative singular)
Isisen (definite nominative plural)
Isis' (genitive singular)
Isis (genitive singular)
Isisen (definite genitive plural)
Isis (dative singular)
Isisen (dative definite plural)
Isis (accusative singular)
Isisen (accusative definite plural)

From Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis, “Isis”), from Egyptian st-t:H8-B1 (ꜣst).


legate

From late Old English, from Old French legat, from Latin legatus (nominal use of perfect passive participle of lego (“bequeath, send as envoy”)).

Legate, I had the news last night—my cohort ordered home
By ships to Portus Itius and thence by road to Rome.

1911, Rudyard Kipling, “The Roman Centurion’s Song”, in The History of England:

The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.


cognomen

en-noun

cognomen (plural cognomens or cognomina)

From Latin cognōmen, from con- (“with”) + nōmen (“name; family name”).

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Julius Caesar's actual name was Gaius Iulius Caesar. Gaius was his praenomen or forename, Iulius his nomen or surname, and Caesar his cognomen, denoting which part of the Iulius family he belonged to.

Roman tradition suggests that he might also have had the cognomen Octavian to indicate his biological family.

2007, David Potter, chapter 1, in The Emperors of Rome, page 36:

"Five hundred years or more afterwards, the family migrated to Rome under circumstances of which no trace remains, and here, probably with the idea of preserving the idea of vengeance which we find set out in the name of Tisisthenes, they appear to have pretty regularly assumed the cognomen of Vindex, or Avenger."

(historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.

Cognomen

the third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome


cognomen

la-noun

cognōmen n (genitive cognōminis); third declension

cognōmen (canonical neuter)
cognōminis (genitive)
cognōmen (nominative singular)
cognōmina (nominative plural)
cognōminis (genitive singular)
cognōminum (genitive plural)
cognōminī (dative singular)
cognōminibus (dative plural)
cognōmen (accusative singular)
cognōmina (accusative plural)
cognōmine (ablative singular)
cognōminibus (ablative plural)
cognōmen (singular vocative)
cognōmina (plural vocative)

→ Catalan: cognom

→ English: cognomen

→ French: cognomen

→ Italian: cognome
→ Cimbrian: konjåm

→ Portuguese: cognome

→ Romanian: cognomen

→ Sicilian: cugnumi

→ Spanish: cognome

From con- (“together, with”) + nōmen (“name”). The g is from false association, or analogy, with cognōscō (“recognize”)


Πόντος

grc-proper noun

Πόντος • (Póntos) m (genitive Πόντου); second declension

Póntos (romanization)
Πόντου (genitive)
ὁ Πόντος (nominative singular)
τοῦ Πόντου (genitive singular)
τῷ Πόντῳ (dative singular)
τὸν Πόντον (accusative singular)
Πόντε (singular vocative)

German: Pontos

Greek: Πόντος (Póntos)

Pontic Greek: Πόντος (Póntos)

→ Latin: Pontus
→ English: Pontus

→ Old Georgian: პონტოჲ (ṗonṭoy)

→ Persian: پنطس (Pontos), بنطس (Bontos)

Ottoman Turkish: پنطس (Pontos)

→ Turkish: Pontos

From πόντος (póntos, “sea”), attested in Mycenaean Greek as 𐀡𐀵 (po-to). Homeric Greek used πόντος (póntos) for any sea but it later began to refer specifically to the Black Sea and then to the Hellenic kingdom on its southeastern shore.


λεγεών

grc-noun

λεγεών • (legeṓn) m (genitive λεγεῶνος); third declension

legeṓn (romanization)
λεγεῶνος (genitive)
ἡ λεγεών (nominative singular)
τὼ λεγεῶνε (dual nominative)
αἱ λεγεῶνες (nominative plural)
τῆς λεγεῶνος (genitive singular)
τοῖν λεγεώνοιν (dual genitive)
τῶν λεγεώνων (genitive plural)
τῇ λεγεῶνῐ (dative singular)
τοῖν λεγεώνοιν (dative dual)
ταῖς λεγεῶσῐ (dative plural)
λεγεῶσῐν (dative plural)
taîs legeôsi (dative plural)
taîs legeôsin (dative plural)
τὴν λεγεῶνᾰ (accusative singular)
τὼ λεγεῶνε (accusative dual)
τᾱ̀ς λεγεῶνᾰς (accusative plural)
λεγεών (singular vocative)
λεγεῶνε (dual vocative)
λεγεῶνες (plural vocative)

Greek: λεγεώνα (legeóna)

→ Aramaic: לגיונא

→ Coptic: ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ (legeōn)

→ Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍉𐌽 (laigaiōn)


δηνάριον

δηνάριον • (dēnárion) n (genitive δηναρίου); second declension

dēnárion (romanization)
δηναρίου (genitive)
τὸ δηνάριον (nominative singular)
τὼ δηναρίω (dual nominative)
τᾰ̀ δηνάριᾰ (nominative plural)
τοῦ δηναρίου (genitive singular)
τοῖν δηναρίοιν (dual genitive)
τῶν δηναρίων (genitive plural)
τῷ δηναρίῳ (dative singular)
τοῖν δηναρίοιν (dative dual)
τοῖς δηναρίοις (dative plural)
τὸ δηνάριον (accusative singular)
τὼ δηναρίω (accusative dual)
τᾰ̀ δηνάριᾰ (accusative plural)
δηνάριον (singular vocative)
δηναρίω (dual vocative)
δηνάριᾰ (plural vocative)

Greek: δηνάριον (dinárion)

→ Romanian: dinar

→ Aramaic: (perhaps through Koine Greek)

Jewish Aramaic: דֵּינָרָא (dēnārā)

desc

→ Old Armenian: դենար (denar), դինար (dinar)

→ Old Georgian: დინარი (dinari)

→ Sanskrit: दीनार (dīnāra)


一二八事變

ㄧ ㄦˋ ㄅㄚ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

Иэрба Шибянь

/i⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ jiː²² paːt̚³ siː²² piːn³³/

/i⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ jiː²² paːt̚³ siː²² piːn³³/


Ἄρτεμις

grc-proper noun

Ἄρτεμις • (Ártemis) f (genitive Ἀρτέμιδος); third declension

Ártemis (romanization)
Ἀρτέμιδος (genitive)
ἡ Ἄρτεμῐς (nominative singular)
τῆς Ἀρτέμῐδος (genitive singular)
τῇ Ἀρτέμῐδῐ (dative singular)
τὴν Ἀρτέμῐδᾰ (accusative singular)
Ἄρτεμῐν (accusative singular)
Ἄρτεμῐ (singular vocative)

grc-decl

Ἀρτέμῐδᾰ, Ἄρτεμῐν

desc

Greek: Άρτεμις (Ártemis), Αρτέμιδα (Artémida), Άρτεμη (Ártemi)

→ Coptic: ⲁⲣⲧⲉⲙⲓⲥ (artemis)

→ Latin: Artemis

→ Old Armenian: Արտեմիս (Artemis)

→ Russian: Артеми́да (Artemída)

Uncertain. Attested from an early date as Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀳𐀖𐀵 (a-te-mi-to) and Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀴𐀖𐀳 (a-ti-mi-te); this and its alternation of e and i led Beekes and Georgios Babiniotis to suggest the name is from a Pre-Greek substrate. A connection to Anatolian names has also been suggested; Artemis was venerated in Lydia as Artimus. Ancient Greek writers, by way of folk etymology, linked the name (found in Doric as Artamis) to ἄρταμος (ártamos, “butcher”) or ἀρτεμής (artemḗs, “safe, unharmed; pure; maiden”). Others compare Artemis to the Cretan Britomartis, with whom she was syncretized.

(Greek mythology) Artemis, one of the Greek goddesses.

Artemis
Britomartis
Georgios Babiniotis
Lydia Baumbach
Robert S. P. Beekes


九一八事變

ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

Цзюиба Шибянь

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/kɐu̯³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ paːt̚³ siː²² piːn³³/

/kɐu̯³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ paːt̚³ siː²² piːn³³/


天罡

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/

(Taoism) Name for a heavenly spirit. According to Daoist religious texts, there are 36 in all.


三十六天罡

ㄙㄢ ㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄤ

саньшилю тяньган

/sän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/


Vedic

Of or relating to the Sanskrit language of the Vedas


Brahman

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman).

(Hinduism) The unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different philosophical schools.


Ἑρμῆς

grc-proper noun

Ἑρμῆς • (Hermês) m (genitive Ἑρμοῦ); first declension

Hermês (romanization)
Ἑρμοῦ (genitive)
ὁ Ἑρμῆς (nominative singular)
τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ (genitive singular)
τῷ Ἑρμῇ (dative singular)
Ἑρμέᾳ (dative singular)
τὸν Ἑρμῆν (accusative singular)
Ἑρμῆ (singular vocative)
Ἑρμῆς (nominative singular)
Ἑρμοῦ (genitive singular)
Ἑρμέω (genitive singular)
Ἑρμῇ (dative singular)
Ἑρμέᾳ (dative singular)
Ἑρμῆν (accusative singular)
Ἑρμέην (accusative singular)
Ἑρμῆ (singular vocative)

grc-decl

The accusative singular <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">Ἑρμῆ</i> (Hermê) is found in the later language

Ἑρμοῦ, Ἑρμέω

Ἑρμῆν, Ἑρμέην

→ Coptic: ⲉⲣⲙⲏⲥ (ermēs)

Greek: Ερμής (Ermís)

→ Latin: Hermēs

→ English: Hermes

→ French: Hermès

→ Spanish: Hermes

desctree

→ Old Armenian: Հերմէս (Hermēs)
Armenian: Հերմես (Hermes)

desc

→ Old Church Slavonic: Ермисъ (Ermisŭ), Ермии (Ermii)

→ Russian: Герме́с (Germés)

Uncertain origin; usually linked to ἕρμα (hérma, “heap of stones”), itself of non-Indo-European substrate origin or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”). Beekes instead suggests a Pre-Greek origin. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀔𐁀 (e-ma-ha).


Ῥωμαῖος

grc-noun

Ῥωμαῖος • (Rhōmaîos) m (genitive Ῥωμαίου); second declension

Rhōmaîos (romanization)
Ῥωμαίου (genitive)
ὁ Ῥωμαῖος (nominative singular)
τὼ Ῥωμαίω (dual nominative)
οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι (nominative plural)
τοῦ Ῥωμαίου (genitive singular)
τοῖν Ῥωμαίοιν (dual genitive)
τῶν Ῥωμαίων (genitive plural)
τῷ Ῥωμαίῳ (dative singular)
τοῖν Ῥωμαίοιν (dative dual)
τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις (dative plural)
τὸν Ῥωμαῖον (accusative singular)
τὼ Ῥωμαίω (accusative dual)
τοὺς Ῥωμαίους (accusative plural)
Ῥωμαῖε (singular vocative)
Ῥωμαίω (dual vocative)
Ῥωμαῖοι (plural vocative)

desc

Greek: Ρωμιός (Romiós, “(Byzantine) Greek”), Ρωμιοί pl (Romioí); Ρωμαίος (Romaíos, “Roman”), Ρωμαίοι pl (Romaíoi)

Mariupol Greek: руме́юс (rumjéjus)

→ Arabic: رُوم (rūm)

→ Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲉⲟⲥ (rōmeos)

→ English: Rhomaian

→ Late Latin: Rōmaeus, Rōmaei pl

Italo-Romance:

Italian: romeo

Sicilian: Rumìu, Rumeu

Padanian:

Piedmontese: romé, romèj

Northern Gallo-Romance:

⇒ Franco-Provençal: romeâjo

→? Piedmontese: rumiagi

Southern Gallo-Romance:

Catalan: romeu

Occitan: romiu, romieu

Southern Gallo-Romance:

Old Leonese: romío

Old Galician-Portuguese: romeu

→ Galician: romeiro (semi-learned)

→ Portuguese: romeiro (semi-learned)

Old Spanish: romeo

→ Spanish: romero (semi-learned)

→ Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭣𐭩𐭪 (Hrōmāy-īg)

հռովմայ-ական

→ Old Armenian: հռովմայ-ական (hṙovmay-akan), հռովմայ-եցի (hṙovmay-ecʻi)

Armenian: հռոմեական (hṙomeakan), հռոմեացի (hṙomeacʻi)

→ Sogdian: 𐫂𐫡𐫀𐫇𐫖𐫀𐫏𐫀𐫗 (βrʾwmʾyʾn /frōmāyān/, “Roman, Byzantine”)

From Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē, “Rome”) + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

suffix

(in the Byzantine Empire) a citizen of the Byzantine Empire

(in the Byzantine Empire, after the Great Schism) an Eastern Orthodox Christian


永和

/jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/wɪŋ¹³ wɔː²¹/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho²⁴/

/iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho²⁴/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho¹³/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho²⁴/

/iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ²³/

/jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/wɪŋ¹³ wɔː²¹/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho²⁴/

/iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho²⁴/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho¹³/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho²⁴/

/iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ²³/

(～區, formerly ～鎮, ～市) Yonghe (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)

(～縣) Yonghe (a county of Linfen, Shanxi, China)


Hellenic

From Ancient Greek Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós, “of or relating to Greece or Greeks”), from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”), equivalent to Hellen + -ic.
The English term is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek formed in the 17th-century, attested from ca. 1640.

der

The Greek language and its dialects from the earliest records (Linear B inscriptions, about 1600-1300 B.C.E.) to the present Modern Greek.


Brahma

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मा (brahmā).

(Hinduism) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.


Brahma

Brahma (nominative singular)
Brahmy (genitive singular)
Brahmie (dative singular)
Brahmę (accusative singular)
Brahmą (instrumental singular)
Brahmie (locative singular)
Brahmo (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (brahman).

lbor

(Hinduism) Brahma (Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti (trinity))


Shinto

Borrowing from Japanese 神道 (Shintō), from Middle Chinese 神道 (MC zyin dawX, “ways of the gods”), ultimately from Old Chinese 神道 (OC *hlin l'uːʔ, “ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]”).

och-l

ways 􂀿doings􂁀 of Heaven 􂀿in matters of fortune or fate􂁀

The number of Shinto deities is very great. The Yengishiki enumerates 3,132 officially recognized shrines, and although the same Gods are reckoned more than once, as being worshipped in different places, still their name is legion.

1905, W.G. Aston, Shinto: The Way of the Gods, page 66:

Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.


Doitsu

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From Japanese ドイツ (Doitsu, “Germany”) with influence from the anime Hetalia: Axis Powers; ultimately from Dutch Duits. Doublet of Dutch and Deutsch.

emTeX is from Eberhard Mattes, I believe a PhD student in Stuttgart, Doitsu.

1992 October 5, Eugene N. Miya, “[l/m 6/5/91] Soc.culture.japan references”, in soc.culture.japan (Usenet):

i'm from doitsu!

2003 March 27, FuNG [username], “icq people from japan?”, in japan.app.icq (Usenet):

How are things in Doitsu?

2008 June 18, mozark [username], “Re: My Whining 2008 Scorecard”, in alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers (Usenet):

List of Hetalia: Axis Powers characters#Germany


panther

From Middle English panter, panther, pantere, from Old French pantere, from Latin panthēra, from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr, “panther”).

der

(mythology, heraldry) A creature resembling a big cat, typically incensed (“emitting fire”), and often having a multicolored hide, found in Ancient Greek mythology and in medieval and later heraldry (in which its depiction sometimes approaches that of a horse).


oecus

Borrowed from Latin oecus, from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

(history) An apartment, room, or hall in an ancient Roman dwelling house.


chibi

en-noun

chibi (countable and uncountable, plural chibis)

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Borrowed from Japanese ちび (chibi, “something small; runt, dwarf; pipsqueak”)

bor+

(countable) A child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.


Nikta

Nȉkta (canonical feminine)
Ни̏кта (Cyrillic)
Nikta (nominative singular)
Nikte (genitive singular)
Nikti (dative singular)
Niktu (accusative singular)
Nikto (singular vocative)
Nikti (locative singular)
Niktom (instrumental singular)

(Greek mythology) Nyx (Greek goddess of the night)


tsarism

en-noun

tsarism (usually uncountable, plural tsarisms)

A supporter of monarchy ruled by a tsar.


Ника

Ни́ка (canonical)
Níka (romanization)
Ни́ки (genitive)
Ни́ка (nominative singular)
Ни́ки (genitive singular)
Ни́ке (dative singular)
Ни́ку (accusative singular)
Ни́кой (instrumental singular)
Ни́кою (instrumental singular)
Ни́ке (prepositional singular)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē).


Ника

Ни́ка (canonical feminine)
Níka (romanization)
Ни́ка (nominative singular)
Ника (genitive singular)
Ники (dative singular)
Нику (accusative singular)
Нике (singular vocative)
Ники (locative singular)
Ником (instrumental singular)


Никта

bg-proper noun

Ни́кта • (Níkta) m

Ми́масЕнцела́дТе́тидаДио́наРе́яТита́нЯпе́т


Никта

Ни̏кта (canonical feminine)
Nȉkta (romanization)
Никта (nominative singular)
Никте (genitive singular)
Никти (dative singular)
Никту (accusative singular)
Никто (singular vocative)
Никти (locative singular)
Никтом (instrumental singular)


Арес

А́рес • (Áres) m


Арес

ru-proper noun+

Аре́с//Arɛ́s

Аре́с • (Arɛ́s) m anim (genitive Аре́са)

Аре́с (canonical)
Arɛ́s (romanization)
Аре́са (genitive)
Аре́с (nominative singular)
Аре́са (genitive singular)
Аре́су (dative singular)
Аре́са (accusative singular)
Аре́сом (instrumental singular)
Аре́се (prepositional singular)


Арес

А̑рес (canonical masculine)
Ȃres (romanization)


Afrodita

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).


Afrodita

Afrodita (nominative singular)
Afrodity (genitive singular)
Afroditě (dative singular)
Afroditu (accusative singular)
Afrodito (singular vocative)
Afroditě (locative singular)
Afroditou (instrumental singular)


Afrodita

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Afrodito (“Aphrodite”)


Afrodita

From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).


Afrodita

sh-proper noun

Afròdita f (Cyrillic spelling Афро̀дита)

Afròdita (canonical feminine)
Афро̀дита (Cyrillic)
Afrodita (nominative singular)
Afrodite (nominative plural)
Afrodite (genitive singular)
Afrodita (genitive plural)
Afroditi (dative singular)
Afroditama (dative plural)
Afroditu (accusative singular)
Afrodite (accusative plural)
Afrodito (singular vocative)
Afrodita (singular vocative)
Afrodite (plural vocative)
Afroditi (locative singular)
Afroditama (locative plural)
Afroditom (instrumental singular)
Afroditama (instrumental plural)


Afrodita

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē), usually connected with ἀφρός (aphrós, “sea foam, froth”), but possibly of Semitic origin.


Афродита

ru-proper noun+

Афроди́та • (Afrodíta) f anim (genitive Афроди́ты, nominative plural Афроди́ты, genitive plural Афроди́т)

Афроди́та (canonical)
Afrodíta (romanization)
Афроди́ты (genitive)
Афроди́ты (nominative plural)
Афроди́т (genitive plural)
Афроди́та (nominative singular)
Афроди́ты (nominative plural)
Афроди́ты (genitive singular)
Афроди́т (genitive plural)
Афроди́те (dative singular)
Афроди́там (dative plural)
Афроди́ту (accusative singular)
Афроди́т (accusative plural)
Афроди́той (instrumental singular)
Афроди́тою (instrumental singular)
Афроди́тами (instrumental plural)
Афроди́те (prepositional singular)
Афроди́тах (plural prepositional)
Афроди́та (dated nominative singular)
Афроди́ты (dated nominative plural)
Афроди́ты (dated genitive singular)
Афроди́тъ (dated genitive plural)
Афроди́тѣ (dated dative singular)
Афроди́тамъ (dated dative plural)
Афроди́ту (accusative dated singular)
Афроди́тъ (accusative dated plural)
Афроди́той (dated instrumental singular)
Афроди́тою (dated instrumental singular)
Афроди́тами (dated instrumental plural)
Афроди́тѣ (dated prepositional singular)
Афроди́тахъ (dated plural prepositional)

Аф‧ро‧ди́‧та


Афродита

Афро̀дита (canonical feminine)
Afròdita (romanization)


饕餮

/tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/tʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

/tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛt̚³²/

/tʰo³³ tʰiɛt̚⁵/

/tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛt̚³²/

/tʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²/

/tʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²/

/tʰau³³⁻²³ tʰiek̚²/

/tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/tʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

/tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛt̚³²/

/tʰo³³ tʰiɛt̚⁵/

/tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛt̚³²/

/tʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²/

/tʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²/

/tʰau³³⁻²³ tʰiek̚²/

(Chinese mythology) taotie (legendary gluttonous animal)


饕餮

(figuratively) a brutal or covetous person


consul

From Middle English consul, from Old English consul, from Latin cōnsul.

konsull

official who protects the interests of citizens

(historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.

قُنْصُل

either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic

early modern councilmen of southern France and Catalonia


tribune

From Middle English tribune, from Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribunus (“tribune, tribal leader”), from tribus (“tribe”).

der

tribune of the plebs
tribune of the plebs

(historical) An elected official in Ancient Rome, a tribune of the plebs.


tribune

English: tribune

From Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribūnus.

A Roman military tribune or similar leader of a thousand soldiers.

A Roman plebeian tribune or similar leader of a thousand civilians.


tet

en-noun

tet (countable and uncountable, plural tets)

(uncountable, informal, medicine) The tetralogy of Fallot.

(countable, informal, medicine) A patient with tetralogy of Fallot.


Hittite

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-Hittite.wav

From Biblical Hebrew חִתִּי (ḥittî), from Hittite 𒄩𒋾 (ḫati), perhaps ultimately an exonym related to Hatti.
In reference to the Indo-European-speaking people of Asia Minor (as opposed to the Biblical Hittites), this term was first used in the early 20th century in confusion with the neighboring Hattites (Hattic) whose language was recorded in discovered texts as [script needed] (ḫattili). It is now known that the Hittites called themselves 𒉈𒋗𒈨𒉌𒌍 (ne-šu-me-né-eš /nešumeneš/, “people from the city of Nesha”), hence the much less used alternative name Nesite or Neshite.

The study of the main body of Hittite texts was intrusted^([sic]) to the Austrian scholar Hrozny, who in 1915 published a preliminary account of his results[…]

1920, Carl D. Buck, “Hittite an Indo-European Language?”, in Classical Philology, volume 15, number 2, →DOI, page 185:

An ancient Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC until the 13th century BC.


Osiris

(Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld.


Osiris

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄσιρις (Ósiris), from Egyptian 𓁹𓊨𓀭.


Osiris

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄσιρις (Ósiris), from Egyptian.


Golden Fleece

[ˈɡɒʊ̯ɫ.dn̩ ˈfliːs]

(Greek mythology) A magical fleece from a winged ram guarded by the hydra in the tale of Jason and the Argonauts.


Proto-Greek

The earliest form of the Greek language, the common ancestor of the Greek dialects, including Mycenaean and the classical Greek dialects; the language was already spoken by the ancestors of the Greeks in the Balkans (i.e. Greece) during the Neolithic period or the Bronze Age.


Athenian

(Greek mythology) Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare.


Decembrist

From December + -ist, a calque of Russian декабри́ст (dekabríst).

calque

The word civicism (grazhdanstvennost’) originated in the enlightenment ideal of civic Rome, perceptions of the poet as a patriotic citizen and son of the fatherland, and Decembrist dreams of a republic.

1994, Lauren G. Leighton, Esoteric Tradition in Russian Romantic Literature: Decembrism and Freemasonry, Penn State University Press, page 17:

War and Peace grew out of Tolstoy's attempts to write a Decembrist novel, a work that first began to take shape in October 1856, when "The Distant Field" was begun.

2008, Kathryn B. Feuer, Tolstoy and the Genesis of War and Peace, Cornell University Press, page 206:

Mariia Trubnikova was raised in an atmosphere of pious reverence for Decembrist ideals.

2006, “Trubnikova, Mariia (1835-1897)”, in Francisca de Haan, Krasimira Daskalova, Anna Loutfi, editors, Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms: Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries, Central European University Press, page 584:

According to or derived from the politics or philosophy of the Decembrists.


Pollux

From Latin Pollūx, from Ancient Greek Πολυδεύκης (Poludeúkēs).

(Greek mythology) One of the Dioscuri, son of Zeus and Leda, brother of Castor.


修道

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/sɐu̯⁵⁵ tou̯²²/

/siu⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/

/siu⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/

/siu⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/sɐu̯⁵⁵ tou̯²²/

/siu⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/

/siu⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/

/siu⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/

to cultivate oneself according to a religious doctrine


修道

ja-r

修道(しゅうどう) (shūdō)

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (修道):
* → Japanese: 修道(しゅうどう) (shūdō)
* → Korean: 수도(修道) (sudo)
* → Vietnamese: tu đạo (修道)

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/sɐu̯⁵⁵ tou̯²²/

/siu⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/

/siu⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/

/siu⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/sɐu̯⁵⁵ tou̯²²/

/siu⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/

/siu⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/

/siu⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/


Hyades

From Middle English Hyades, Yades, from Latin Hyades, from Ancient Greek Ὑάδες (Huádes), nominative and vocative plural of Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́ς (Hūás, “one of the Hyades”).

(Greek mythology) Daughters of the Titan Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades.


Pterelas

(Greek mythology) King of the Teleboans in Plautus' Amphitruo.


PDI

Partai Demokrasi Indonesia
w:id:Partai Demokrasi Indonesia

(Indonesian politics, historical) Initialism of Partai Demokrasi Indonesia (“Indonesian Democratic Party”).


Philemon

la-noun

Philēmōn m sg (genitive Philēmonis); third declension

Philēmōn (canonical masculine singular)
Philēmonis (genitive)
Philēmōn (nominative singular)
Philēmonis (genitive singular)
Philēmōnis (genitive singular)
Philēmonī (dative singular)
Philēmōnī (dative singular)
Philēmonem (accusative singular)
Philēmōnem (accusative singular)
Philēmone (ablative singular)
Philēmōne (ablative singular)
Philēmōn (singular vocative)

[pʰɪˈɫ̪eːmoːn]

From Ancient Greek Φιλήμων (Philḗmōn), from φιλήμων (philḗmōn, “kindly, affectionate”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).

(Greek mythology) Philemon (a pious rustic, the husband of Baucis, who gave hospitality to Zeus)


demiurge

From Ancient Greek δημιουργός (dēmiourgós, “one who works for the people; a skilled workman, a handicraftsman”) (whence Latin dēmiūrgus, French démiurge), from δήμιος (dḗmios, “belonging to the people, public”) (from δῆμος (dêmos, “the people”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂mos (“people”), from *deh₂- (“to divide”) + Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios), from Proto-Indo-European *-yós (suffix creating an adjective from a noun)) + Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós, “worker”) (from ἔργον (érgon, “labour; task; work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom (“work”)).
No relation with English demi- (as in demigod).

der

The demiurgi were next in power to the prætor, and therefore ſtiled by Polybius and Livy, the ſupreme magiſtrates of the Achæans. They were ten in number, choſen by the general aſſembly from among the moſt eminent men of the whole league for prudence, equity, and experience. It was their office to aſſiſt, with their advice, the prætor, who was to ſay nothing before the aſſembly, but what had been previouſly approved of by the major part of the demiurgi.

1747, George Sale et al., “Sect. III. The History of the Several States of Greece, from the Beginning of the Achæan League to Its Dissolution, and thence Succinctly to the Present Time”, in An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. […], 2nd edition, volume VII, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, […]; A[ndrew] Millar, […]; and J. Osborn, […], →OCLC, book II (The Grecian and Asiatic History), chapter I (The History of Sparta, from Lycurgus, to Its Being Joined by Philpœmen to the Achæans), page 225:

An important Cyrenean inscription of the 4th century, defines the functions of the demiurgi in a given situation and adds that they are discharged by these magistrates in the cities (of Libya), by the hellenodikai in the Temple of Zeus Olympios (i.e. in Olympia), by the amphiktyons at Delphi, and by the hieromnamones in the Temple of Zeus Lykaios (the Lyceum of Arcadia).

1979, Shimon Applebaum, “The Greek Colonization”, in Jews and Greeks in Ancient Cyrene (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity; 28), Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 39:

(historical, Ancient Greece) The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.


Hellen

(Greek mythology) the mythological patriarch of the Hellenes, the son of Deucalion (or sometimes Zeus) and Pyrrha, brother of Amphictyon and father of Aeolus, Xuthus, and Dorus


Hellen

la-proper noun

Hellēn m sg (genitive Hellēnis); third declension

Hellēn (canonical masculine singular)
Hellēnis (genitive)
Hellēn (nominative singular)
Hellēnis (genitive singular)
Hellēnī (dative singular)
Hellēnem (accusative singular)
Hellēne (ablative singular)
Hellēn (singular vocative)

Asturian: helenu

Catalan: hel·lè

French: hellène

Italian: elleno

Portuguese: heleno

Romanian: elen

Spanish: heleno

(Greek mythology) Hellen (mythological patriarch of the Greeks)


Mithraism

Translation (1903) of French mithriacisme, as used in 1899 by Franz Cumont as shorthand for "mystères de Mithra". Cumont was convinced that Mithraism was "Roman Mazdaism", hence his (and earlier) treatments of Latin Mithras and Avestan Mithra as synonyms, and the continuing de-inflection of the Latin name (vocative) as French Mithra.

It has left many monuments of itself here in Britain. At Rome the worship was extremely popular, and it may almost be said to have been a matter of chance whether Mithraism should overwhelm Christianity, or whether the younger religion by adopting many of the rites of the older one should establish itself (as it did) in the face of the latter.

1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 41:

"Confirmation is mithraism. So is baptism, only it was blood instead of water. As to the sacrificial meal..." Mason put his fingers in his ears.

1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

An astrology-based, middle-platonic mystery religion of the 1st-4th century Roman Empire that claimed to have been founded by Zoroaster, admitted only men, and was especially popular among the Roman military.


Mithras

Learned borrowing from Latin Mithras. Doublet of Mehr, mitre, and Mitra.

A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd-to-4th-century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras" (now colloquially Mithraism)


Mithras

Mithrās m sg (genitive Mithrae); first declension

Mithrās (canonical masculine singular)
Mithrae (genitive)
Mithrās (nominative singular)
Mithrae (genitive singular)
Mithrae (dative singular)
Mithrān (accusative singular)
Mithrā (ablative singular)
Mithrā (singular vocative)

[ˈmɪt̪ʰräːs̠]

Probably via Ancient Greek Μίθρας (Míthras) from some unattested Old Iranian intermediary, ultimately from vocative Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (miθra) (cf. Mithra).
Until the 1970s, the character of Roman Mithras was widely assumed to be a continuation of that of Iranian Mithra (and thus also of Indo-Iranian *mitra). This notion is no longer followed today, and it is generally agreed that borrowing (e.g. of the name) does not constitute continuation.

A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd–4th century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras" (now colloquially Mithraism)


Pleiades

From Latin Pleiades, from Ancient Greek Πλειάδες (Pleiádes). In the astronomical sense, displaced Old English seofonstierre (literally “the seven stars”).

ncog

(Greek mythology) The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.


Ahriman

Derived from Classical Persian اَهْریمَن (ahrēman) or Iranian Persian اَهْریمَن (ahriman), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 (ʾḥlmny /ahreman/), from Avestan 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (aŋra.maⁱniiu), compound of 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀 (aŋra, “destruction, destructive”) and 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (maⁱniiu, “spirit, mind, essence, emanation etc.”). Definable through the antithetical 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (aməša.maⁱniiu, “bounteous spirit”). Doublet of Angra Mainyu.

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𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎

[A]midst Ahriman and his hosts who had now established themselves in the Occident, and as heirs to the horns and tails of Pans and fauns, a crowd of native spirits moved; imps, giants, trolls, forest-spirits, elves and hobgoblins in and on the earth; nicks, river-sprites in the water, fiends in the air, and salamanders in the fire.

1879, Viktor Rydberg, “The Magic of the People and the Struggle of the Church against It”, in August Hjalmar Edgren, transl., The Magic of the Middle Ages: Translated from the Swedish, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 201:

The hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism.

أَهْرِيمَان

the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism


rupia

(historical) The former currencies of Italian Somaliland and Portuguese India.


Yuan

[...]the Founder of that Family, who took the Name of Yuen, and who is known in Europe by the Name of Zing hi, or Zing his kan, but whom the Chineſe Hiſtory calls Tchin bi ſe, and Tai tſou, after he had conquer’d the King had thoughts of carrying the War into Corea: His General, called Leou co immediately made himſelf Mafter of the Towns ſituated upon the Eaſt of the River Ya lou;[...]

[1739 [1735], P. Du Halde, “Geographical Obſervations on the Kingdom of Corea”, in The General History Of China, 2nd edition, volume IV, →OCLC, page 391:

The imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368.


和平

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (和平):
* → Japanese: 和(わ)平(へい) (wahei)
* → Korean: 화평(和平) (hwapyeong)
* → Vietnamese: hoà bình (和平)

/xɤ³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/xə²⁴ pʰiŋ²⁴/

/wɔː²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/

/huo⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βiŋ⁵³/

/ho²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/

/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ piɪŋ²⁴/

/ho¹³⁻²² piɪŋ¹³/

/hɤ²³⁻³³ piɪŋ²³/

/hɔ²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/

/hua⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰeŋ⁵⁵/

/xɤ³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/xə²⁴ pʰiŋ²⁴/

/wɔː²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/

/huo⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βiŋ⁵³/

/ho²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/

/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ piɪŋ²⁴/

/ho¹³⁻²² piɪŋ¹³/

/hɤ²³⁻³³ piɪŋ²³/

/hɔ²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/

/hua⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰeŋ⁵⁵/

(～縣) Heping County (a county of Guangdong, China)

(～鎮) Heping Town (several towns in China)

(～鎮) Heping (a town in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong, China), originally named 蚝坪 (o5 pian5)

(historical) several era names in Chinese history (150; 354–355; 460–465; 551–554)


Ceto

From Ancient Greek Κητώ (Kētṓ); see also κῆτος (kêtos, “sea monster”). Compare Cetus.

(Greek mythology) A primordial sea goddess, wife of Phorcys and mother of numerous monsters including Echidna and the gorgons.


Shiva

From Sanskrit शिव (śivá, “the auspicious one”).

uder

(Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.


quadrat

Attested since 1683. Possibly from French cadrat or Italian quadrato (“square”), from Latin quadrātum (“square”). Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 1 above. So called because the basic quadrat, the em quadrat, has a square face, having the same width as the height of a line of type.

(Egyptology) A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.


Cassiope

la-proper noun

Cassiopē f sg (genitive Cassiopēs); first declension

Cassiopē (canonical feminine singular)
Cassiopēs (genitive)
Cassiopē (nominative singular)
Cassiopēs (genitive singular)
Cassiopae (dative singular)
Cassiopēn (accusative singular)
Cassiopē (ablative singular)
Cassiopē (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

(Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda)


quadrans

From Latin quadrāns. Doublet of quadrant.

A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as.


Cepheus

(Greek mythology) Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name.


Cepheus

Borrowed from Latin Cēpheus, from Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús).


Cepheus

Cēphe͡us m sg (genitive Cēpheī); second declension

Cēphe͡us (canonical masculine singular)
Cēpheī (genitive)
Cēpheus (nominative singular)
Cēpheī (genitive singular)
Cēpheō (dative singular)
Cēpheum (accusative singular)
Cēpheō (ablative singular)
Cēphee (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús).

(Greek mythology) Cepheus (a king of Ethiopia, husband of Cassiopeia, father of Andromeda)


Stalin

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Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin), from сталь (stalʹ, “steel”) + -ин (-in, possessive suffix), from German Stahl (“steel”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stahlą (“steel”).

suf

A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Russian [empire, republic] revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Joseph Stalin.


pralaya

(Indian mythology) destruction, apocalypse


ashram

The entire ashram was excited.

In our broken culture those who have experienced the training of the yogic ashram are often woefully ignorant in the ways of the university, and vice versa.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 219:

(Hinduism) A secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus, or the population of such a hermitage.

Aschram

a secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus


pschent

From Ancient Greek ψχέντ (pskhént), from Late Egyptian pꜣ-sḫmtj (“the two powerful ones”), from pꜣ (“definite article”) + sḫmtj, dual of sḫmt (“powerful one”), from sḫm (“to be powerful, to have power over”).

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In his left eye flashes the monocle of Cashel Boyle O’Conner Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell. On his head is perched an Egyptian pshent. Two quills project over his ears.

[…] a tall, slim figure with the young face of an antique Pharaoh, gay with prismatic robes and crowned with a golden pshent that glowed with inherent light.

1943, H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath:

The double crown of ancient Egypt, combining the white crown of Upper Egypt with the red crown of Lower Egypt, worn by pharaohs after the union of the two kingdoms in around 3000 BC.


pschent

pschent (the double crown of ancient Egypt)


Tell el-Amarna

Modern site of the ancient city of Akhetaten in Egypt, built by Akhenaten in honor of the Egyptian deity Aten.


Cassiopeia

kăs′ē-ō-pē′yə

From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

(Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.


Cassiopeia

la-proper noun

Cassiopeia f sg (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension

Cassiopeiae (genitive)
Cassiopeia (nominative singular)
Cassiopeiae (genitive singular)
Cassiopeiae (dative singular)
Cassiopeiam (accusative singular)
Cassiopeiā (ablative singular)
Cassiopeia (singular vocative)

[käs̠ːiɔˈpɛi̯ä]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

(Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (the proud wife of Ethiopian king Cepheus and mother of Andromeda)


Cassiopeia

(Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)


神器

(Shinto) an item used in Shinto ceremonies to worship a god


sadhu

From Sanskrit साधु (sādhú, “good; good man, holy man”).

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Then again these figures take no account of the thousands of beggars who travel free in India. Many of these are religious "Sadhus", dressed often in nothing but a loin-cloth, or even less, and their bodies smeared with ashes. A large number of these men are nothing but impostors, but the Hindu railway staff usually are afraid to interfere with them.

1953 November, 'Erca', “Ticket Frauds in the East”, in Railway Magazine, page 778:

It was clad in white in the manner of an Indian sadu or holy man, and it was walking barefoot on the grubby pavements.

1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Qutet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 994:

So for the meanwhile I continued with my ritualised observances, obsessively counting the number of steps it took me to walk to any given location, carefully avoiding the cracks in the pavement for fear that the bears of the id might get me, and attending to my bodily functions with the pure metrical devotion of a sadhu.

(Hinduism) An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty).


神主

ja-noun

神(かん)主(ぬし) • (kannushi) ^(←かむぬし (kamunusi)?)

神主 (canonical)
kannushi (romanization)
kamunusi (romanization)
しんしゅ (alternative hiragana)
shinshu (Rōmaji)
かむぬし (hiragana historical)


Fornax

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Originally called Fornāx Chemica,
From the Latin for "chemical furnace".

(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of ovens.


Minoan

Sir Arthur Evans, not knowing the Minoan term for “Minoan” at the time, coined this name in the early 20th century, from Ancient Greek Μίνως (Mínōs), the mythical king of Crete. The actual name is probably reflected in Egyptian kftjw (perhaps reconstructible as *Káftayu) and Biblical Hebrew כַּפְתּוֹר (Kaftor, “Caphthor”).


PAN

Partai Amanat Nasional
w:id:Partai Amanat Nasional

(Indonesian politics) Initialism of Partai Amanat Nasional (“National Mandate Party”).


Horologium

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Christian Huygens
Horologium (constellation)
Horologium Oscillitorium
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
Solarium Augusti
Tower of the Winds

See horologium. As a location in Rome, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Augustī (“Sundial of Augustus”). As a constellation, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Oscillitorium (“Pendulum Clock”), coined in 1763 by the French astronomer De Lacaille to honor the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christian Huygens, who had written a major work by that name.

bor

(historical) Synonym of Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon.


wheel of life

(Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism) A mandala, representing the continuous cycle of birth, life and death.

roue de l’existence karmique

mandala representing the continuous cycle of birth, life and death


Apollonian

/æpəˈləʊnɪ.ən/

From Latin Apollō (Apollōn-) + -ian and Apollonius/Apollonia + -an.

You have your lovers - dusky beaus / Not made of the poetic stuff / That sports an Apollonian nose, / And wears a sleek Byronic cuff.

1877, Henry Kendall, “Ode to a Black Gin”, in The Australian Town and Country Journal, page 24:

The forces of nature is a major theme embodied in the two main goddess characters. The "northern woman" is Appollonian ^([sic]) in her nature — cold, reserved, quiet, identified with the moon; the "southern woman" is Dionysian — passionate, a sun goddess.

1979 August 4, Linda Stein, “Stopping Short of Self-Awareness”, in Gay Community News, page 18:

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to the ancient Olympian Greek God Apollo.


peri

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari).

bor+

He sent a Peri to Chundum Dew with a message: "If you wish to live, release the mortal in your power: if not, every demon in your service will immediately be put to the sword."

January-June 1829, “The Adventures of Hatim-Beni-Tye”, in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, volume 27, page 549:

In an hour they hovered above Hampstead Heath, and the peri looked down for a lonely spot where she might alight in the sulphurous gloom of a dog-day sunset too blinding for anyone to look at […]

March 16 1916, Alfred Richard Orage, Arthur Moore, The New Age: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature and Art, page 473:

The Padishah's son was also there, and he realized that the peri looked very familiar.

2008, A Fire in My Heart: Kurdish Tales, page 75:

(Iranian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being.


Canopus

(Greek mythology) The pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad.


Canopus

la-proper noun

Canōpus m sg (genitive Canōpī); second declension

Canōpus (canonical masculine singular)
Canōpī (genitive)
Canōpus (nominative singular)
Canōpī (genitive singular)
Canōpō (dative singular)
Canōpum (accusative singular)
Canōpō (ablative singular)
Canōpe (singular vocative)
Canōpī (locative singular)

→ English: Canopus (learned)

From Ancient Greek Κάνωπος (Kánōpos, “Canopus”), Κάνωβος (Kánōbos, “Canobus”). Possibly Arabic جَنُوب (janūb, “south”) is cognate; compare the southeastern wall of the Kaaba pointing to the star and bearing the name جَنُوب (janūb).

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(Greek mythology) the pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad


sesterce

From Latin sēstertius (“two-and-a-half (asses)”).

bor

Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time.

1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 38, page 16:

Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces […]

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 3:

For him I must convert one of my sheep or goats to sesterces and slaughter another for his entertainment.

1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:


Wadjet

Borrowed from Egyptian wAD-t-I12 (wꜣḏt, “Wadjet”, literally “green one”), an allusion to the skin of the cobra. Doublet of Buto.

bor+

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">wꜣḏt</i>

(Egyptian mythology) The patron goddess and namesake of the Ancient Egyptian city of Per-Wadjet, known as Buto to the Greeks. Wadjet takes the form of a cobra and is associated with the Eye of Horus.


Enceladus

From Latin Enceladus, from Ancient Greek Ἐγκέλαδος (Enkélados).

(Greek mythology) A giant in Greek mythology.


กรุงเทพ

From กรุง (grung, “city”) + เทพ (têep, “god”).

com

(Hinduism) Ayodhya, an ancient city of India.


yantra

Borrowed from Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra, “instrument”).

(religion, Hinduism) Any object used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.


samadhi

en-noun

samadhi (countable and uncountable, plural samadhis)

From Sanskrit समाधि (samādhi, “placing together”), from सम (sama, “together”) + आ (ā) prefix + धा (dhā, “to place”).

uder

The tomb of a holy person or saint in India.


अधर्म

adharma (romanization)
अधर्मः (nominative singular)
अधर्मौ (dual nominative)
अधर्मा1 (dual nominative)
अधर्माः (nominative plural)
अधर्मासः1 (nominative plural)
अधर्म (singular vocative)
अधर्मौ (dual vocative)
अधर्मा1 (dual vocative)
अधर्माः (plural vocative)
अधर्मासः1 (plural vocative)
अधर्मम् (accusative singular)
अधर्मौ (accusative dual)
अधर्मा1 (accusative dual)
अधर्मान् (accusative plural)
अधर्मेण (instrumental singular)
अधर्माभ्याम् (dual instrumental)
अधर्मैः (instrumental plural)
अधर्मेभिः1 (instrumental plural)
अधर्माय (dative singular)
अधर्माभ्याम् (dative dual)
अधर्मेभ्यः (dative plural)
अधर्मात् (ablative singular)
अधर्माभ्याम् (ablative dual)
अधर्मेभ्यः (ablative plural)
अधर्मस्य (genitive singular)
अधर्मयोः (dual genitive)
अधर्माणाम् (genitive plural)
अधर्मे (locative singular)
अधर्मयोः (dual locative)
अधर्मेषु (locative plural)

→ Lao: ອະທຳ (ʼa tham)

desc

→ Thai: อธรรม

→ Thai: อธรรม

unrighteousness, wickedness, demerit, guilt, injustice, sin, irreligion


Alcmene

From Latin Alcmēnē, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmḗnē).

(Greek mythology) Descendant of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.

Ալկմենե

the wife of Amphitryon and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles


Plutonian

en-adj

Plutonian (comparative more Plutonian, superlative most Plutonian)

more Plutonian (comparative)
most Plutonian (superlative)

The adjective is derived from Latin Plūtōnius (“of or relating to Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives). Plūtōnius is from Ancient Greek Πλουτώνιος (Ploutṓnios, “of or relating to Pluto”), from Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “Pluto”) (from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “riches, wealth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; to flow; to run”)) + -ων (-ōn)) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives). The English word is cognate with Middle French plutonien (modern French plutonien). The noun is derived from the adjective.

plutonien

of, pertaining to, or supporting plutonism — see also Plutonic

[…] he through the midſt unmarkt, / In ſhew Plebeian Angel militant / Of loweſt order, paſt; and from the dore / Of that Plutonian Hall, inviſible / Aſcended his high Throne, […]

1674, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 264:

["]Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore— / Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" / Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y., London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC, page 144:

You rise by candle-light or gaslight, swearing / There never was a climate made like ours; / If rashly you go out to take an airing, / The soot-flakes come in black Plutonian show'rs.

1882 December 30, “A London Fog”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume 83, London: Published at the office, 85, Fleet Street, →OCLC, page 301, column 1:

Cotopaxi is striking not only because it looks like a science fiction conception of another planet; it also is the least realistic among [Frederic Edwin] Church's paintings of the area. […] Below the fiery sun is a lake with a barren shore. As such, the sun hangs over a Plutonian landscape.

2008, Rodrigo Lazo, “The Ends of Enchantment: Douglass, Melville, and U.S. Expansionism in the Americas”, in Robert S[teven] Levine, Samuel Otter, editors, Frederick Douglass & Herman Melville: Essays in Relation, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, part I (Literary and Cultural Geographies), page 210:

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.

Plutoniin liittyvä

of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld


Plutonian

From Pluto (“dwarf planet in the Solar System”) + -n- + -ian (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘from, related to, or like’, or nouns meaning ‘one belonging to, relating to, or like’), probably influenced by Plutonian (“of or relating to Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) (see etymology 1).

affix

Another and perhaps more Plutonian view of this would be that David's bondage to his mother and the codes of behaviour which she set for him had extended throughout his life, in both profes[s]ional and personal spheres; and that bondage now had an opportunity of loosening, with all the attendant consequences.

1985, Liz Greene, “Fate and Synchronicity”, in The Astrology of Fate, Boston, Mass.: Weiser Books, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 293:

The notion of toxicity is a useful one in our effort to understand the further implications of Pluto in the USA chart. [...] Factor in what we have learned about the second house and we get another meaning of waste, related but distinctly more Plutonian: debris that poses an elimination problem once its value has been used up.

2006 October 6, Jessica Murray, “Power Madness: Pluto and American Hegemony”, in Soul-sick Nation: An Astrologer’s View of America, Bloomington, Ind., Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 41:

(astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of Pluto, formerly regarded as a planet.

Plutoon liittyvä

pertaining to the astrological influence of Pluto, formerly regarded as a planet

Burl studied the captured Plutonian hand weapons, and was pleased to have one of the Neptunian soldiers pick one up and demonstrate how it was fired. It had apparently simpler controls than most Plutonian products, for it easily blazed forth a bolt of electronic fire that blasted a tall, crystalline tree to shards.

1959, Donald A[llen] Wollheim, “The Museum of Galactic Life”, in Cecile Matschat, editor, The Secret of the Ninth Planet (A Science Fiction Novel), Philadelphia, Pa.: John C. Winston Co., →OCLC; republished in The Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Megapack, [Rockville, Md.]: Wildside Press, 2012, →ISBN:

Roure did not carry his work to completion. He derived only four intermediate orbits of Pluto for the combinations of Pluto and the four outer planets, and determined the inequalities in the Plutonian motion under the effect of Neptune which are dependent on the first degree of Plutonian eccentricity and inclination.

1969 January, Sh. G. Sharaf, “Introduction”, in Theory of Motion of the Planet Pluto: Part One. Plutonian Perturbations of the First Order with Respect to Perturbing Masses: […] (NASA Technical Translations; NASA TT F-490), Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, →OCLC, page 4:

[Gerard] Kuiper (1944) searched for spectroscopic evidence of an atmosphere around Pluto as part of the same program that discovered CH₄ on Titan. Because of the difficulty of observing an object as faint as Pluto, no useful results were obtained; however, Kuiper presented arguments in favor of a Plutonian atmosphere based on the stability of the atmosphere against loss to space.

1997, Roger V. Yelle, James L[udlow] Elliot, “Atmospheric Structure and Composition: Pluto and Charon”, in S[ol] Alan Stern, David J[ames] Tholen, editors, Pluto and Charon (Space Science series), Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, part IV (Atmospheres), page 347:

[James Walter] Christy also knew that 6.39 days is the exact period of time that it takes Pluto to make one complete turn around its axis—the length of a Plutonian day.

2010, Kristi Lew, “Pluto’s Structure and Features”, in Karen Ang, editor, The Dwarf Planet Pluto (Space!), Tarrytown, N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, →ISBN, page 31:

(astronomy) Of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto.

plutondar

of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto


Plutonian

If you are a Plutonian and some of these traits emphatically do not fit you, just let them go and take what is helpful and descriptive of you personally. What will be given is a composite picture, based on working with a great many Plutonians over the years. Plutonians who are negatively inclined are often very guarded and rigid, afraid to let others get close. [...] There are Plutonians who operate predominantly on the positive level—healing, transforming, transmuting themselves and those around them.

1986, Donna Cunningham, “The Personality and Character of the Plutonian”, in Healing Pluto Problems, Boston, Mass.: Weiser Books, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 28:

(astrology) A person under the astrological influence of Pluto, formerly regarded as a planet.

The Plutonians, who are almost extinct, once held a superscience that they have largely lost. Early Plutonian visits to Earth survived in folk memory as the devil, since Plutonians are gigantic, with horns, hooves, and tail.

1998, Everett F[ranklin] Bleiler, Richard Bleiler, “[Story Descriptions.] 1423. THE EARTHMAN’S BURDEN. Astounding Stories, June 1931, Ill. Paul.”, in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years: A Complete Coverage of the Genre Magazines Amazing, Astounding, Wonder, and Others from 1926 through 1936, Kent, Oh., London: Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 409, column 1:

(chiefly science fiction) An inhabitant of the dwarf planet Pluto.


adytum

Borrowed from Latin adytum, from Ancient Greek ἄδυτον (áduton, “innermost sanctuary; shrine”), inflected form of ἄδυτος (ádutos, “not to be entered”).

der

Let us now with minds free of paſſion, enter the adytum with an intent to find out its true figure, to examine what it really was, and what it is. […] This point is properly the door-way or entrance into the adytum, as a wicket or little door, whilſt the jambs of the hithermoſt trilithons preſent themſelves, as the greater door, of about 40 feet wide, 25 cubits. […] [T]he more ſacred part of the temple at Hierapolis anſwering to our Adytum, had no door, tho' none enter'd therein but the chief prieſts.

1740, William Stukeley, “Of the Cell or Adytum of Stonehenge. Of the Surgeons Amphitheater, London.”, in Stonehenge: A Temple Restor’d to the British Druids, London: Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, […], →OCLC, page 23:

At the diſtance of about forty ſtadia from this temple of Æſculapius, there is an incloſure; and in it there is an adytum ſacred to Iſis. This is the moſt holy of every thing which the Greeks conſecrate to this goddeſs. For the Tithoreans neither think it proper to take up their reſidence there, nor to ſuffer any to enter the adytum, except ſuch as the goddeſs Iſis informs them by a dream ſhe thinks proper to admit.

1794, Pausanias, chapter XXXII, in [Thomas Taylor], transl., The Description of Greece, by Pausanias. Translated from the Greek. […] In Three Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for R. Faulder, […], →OCLC, book X (Phocics), pages 195–196:

(Ancient Greece, religion) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given.

àditon

innermost sanctuary or shrine in an ancient temple


Պարսկաստան

Parskastan (romanization)
Պարսկաստան (nominative singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանի (dative singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանից (ablative singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանում (locative singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Պարսկաստանումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Պարսկաստանը/Պարսկաստանն

Պարսկաստաններ

Պարսկաստանները/Պարսկաստաններն

Պարսկաստանին

Պարսկաստանների

Պարսկաստաններին

Պարսկաստանից

Պարսկաստաններից

Պարսկաստանով

Պարսկաստաններով

Պարսկաստանում

Պարսկաստաններում

Պարսկաստաններս

Պարսկաստանիս

Պարսկաստաններիս

Պարսկաստանիցս

Պարսկաստաններիցս

Պարսկաստանովս

Պարսկաստաններովս

Պարսկաստանումս

Պարսկաստաններումս

Պարսկաստաններդ

Պարսկաստանիդ

Պարսկաստաններիդ

Պարսկաստանիցդ

Պարսկաստաններիցդ

Պարսկաստանովդ

Պարսկաստաններովդ

Պարսկաստանումդ

Պարսկաստաններումդ

From Old Armenian Պարսկաստան (Parskastan).


genki

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-genki.wav

Borrowed from Japanese げんき (“energetic, peppy”).

bor+

(anime and manga) A playful, hyperactive girl.


genki

en-adj

genki (comparative more genki, superlative most genki)

more genki (comparative)
most genki (superlative)

Akira, the genki red head, is accosted by Kyouko, a predatory blond girl in her high school.

2009 July 7, Dave Baranyi, “Aoi Hana - Blue Flowers for a Blue Girl”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

(anime and manga, typically of a girl) Playful and hyperactive.


sextans

(Ancient Rome) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.


यम

yam (romanization)
यम (direct singular)
यम (oblique singular)
यम (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यम (yama).


यम

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘧𑘦 (yama), from Sanskrit यम (yama).


यम

yamá (romanization)
यमः (nominative singular)
यमौ (dual nominative)
यमा1 (dual nominative)
यमाः (nominative plural)
यमासः1 (nominative plural)
यम (singular vocative)
यमौ (dual vocative)
यमा1 (dual vocative)
यमाः (plural vocative)
यमासः1 (plural vocative)
यमम् (accusative singular)
यमौ (accusative dual)
यमा1 (accusative dual)
यमान् (accusative plural)
यमेन (instrumental singular)
यमाभ्याम् (dual instrumental)
यमैः (instrumental plural)
यमेभिः1 (instrumental plural)
यमाय (dative singular)
यमाभ्याम् (dative dual)
यमेभ्यः (dative plural)
यमात् (ablative singular)
यमाभ्याम् (ablative dual)
यमेभ्यः (ablative plural)
यमस्य (genitive singular)
यमयोः (dual genitive)
यमानाम् (genitive plural)
यमे (locative singular)
यमयोः (dual locative)
यमेषु (locative plural)

→ Balinese: ᬬᬫ (yama)

→ Bengali: যম (jom)

→ Manipuri: ꯌꯃ (yama)

→ Middle Chinese: 閻魔 (MC yem ma)

zh-l

閻魔／阎魔 (Yánmó)

Mandarin: 閻魔／阎魔 (Yánmó)

→ Japanese: 閻魔 (えんま, enma)

→ Korean: 염마 (yeomma), 閻魔

→ Vietnamese: Diêm Ma

→ Japanese: 夜摩 (Yama)

desctree

→ Old Marathi: 𑘧𑘦 (yama)
Marathi: यम (yam)

Pali: yama

→ Burmese: ယာမာ (yama)

→ Old Khmer: [script needed] (yama)

Khmer: យម (yum)

→ Thai: ยม (yom)

Prakrit: 𑀚𑀫 (jama)

→ Tamil: யமன் (yamaṉ)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Yamás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Yamás.

प॒रे॒यि॒वांसं॑ प्र॒वतो॑ म॒हीरनु॑ ब॒हुभ्य॒: पन्था॑मनुपस्पशा॒नम्।
वै॒व॒स्व॒तं सं॒गम॑नं॒ जना॑नां य॒मं राजा॑नं ह॒विषा॑ दुवस्य॥
pareyivā́ṃsaṃ praváto mahī́ránu bahúbhya: pánthāmanupaspaśānám.
vaivasvatáṃ saṃgámanaṃ jánānāṃ yamáṃ rā́jānaṃ havíṣā duvasya.
Honour the King (of the Pitṛs) with your oblations, Yama, Vivasvan's Son, who gathers men together, who travelled to the lofty heights above us, who searches out and shows the path to many.

Yama, the god of death, afterlife and justice, the twin brother of Yamuna and believed to have been the first mortal to die


देव

dev (romanization)
دیو (Urdu)
देव (direct singular)
देव (direct plural)
देव (oblique singular)
देवों (oblique plural)
देव (singular vocative)
देवो (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit देव (deva).

lbor

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) deity, god, deva

देवत्रिय

the Holy Trinity of Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva


देव

dev (romanization)
देव
देवा
देवां-
देवाला
देवांना
देवाने (ergative)
देवानं (ergative)
देवांनी (ergative)
देवाशी (instrumental)
देवांशी (instrumental)
Locative Note: -त  is a postposition.
देवाचा
देवाचे
देवाची
देवाच्या
देवाचं
देवांचा
देवांचे
देवांची
देवांच्या
देवांचं
देवांच्या

mr-decl-noun

masc cons-stem


सूर्य

Helu Prakrit:

Dhivehi: އިރު (iru)

Sinhalese: ඉර (ira)

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚 (sujja)

Sindhi: सिॼु(sijju)

Paisaci Prakrit:

Punjabi: ਸਿਝ (sijha) (archaic)

Pali: surya

→ Assamese: সূৰুয (xuruz)

→ Bengali: সূর্য (śurjo)

→ Gujarati: સૂરજ (sūraj)

→ Hindi: सूर्य (sūrya), सूरज (sūraj)

→ Khmer: សុរិយ (soreyaʼ)

→ Kannada: ಸೂರ್ಯ (sūrya)

→ Konkani: सूर्य (sūrya)

→ Malayalam: സൂര്യന് (sūryaṉ)

→ Malay: suria
Indonesian: surya

→ Marathi: सूर्य (sūrya)

desctree

→ Old Javanese: sūrya
Javanese: ꦱꦸꦂꦪ (surya), ꦱꦺꦴꦂꦪ (sorya)
→ Balinese: ᬲᬹᬃᬬ (surya)

→ Odia: ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ (surjya)

→ Nepali: सूर्य (sūrya)

→ Newar: सूर्द्य (sūrdya)

→ Punjabi: ਸੂਰਜ (sūraj) / سورج (sūraj)

→ Marwari: सूरज (sūraj)

→ Sindhi: سوُرَجُ (sūraju)

→ Sinhalese: සූර්යයා (sūryayā)

→ Tamil: சூரியன் (cūriyaṉ)

→ Telugu: సూర్యుడు (sūryuḍu)

desc

→ Thai: สุริยา

→ Thai: สุริยา

→ Burmese: သူရိယ (suri.ya.)

→ Urdu: سورج (sūraj)

A -य (-ya) extension of the base सूर् (sū́r), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Latin sōl, Persian خور (xur), English sun. Also related to स्वर् (svàr, “sun”) and सूर (sū́ra, “sun”).

त॒रणि॑र्वि॒श्वद॑र्शतो ज्योति॒ष्कृद॑सि सूर्य।
विश्व॒मा भा॑सि रोच॒नम्॥
taráṇirviśvádarśato jyotiṣkṛ́dasi sūrya.
víśvamā́ bhāsi rocanám.

You, Sūrya, outstrip all in speed; you are visible to all; you are the source of light; you shine throughout the entire firmament

(Vedic religion, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) Surya, the Vedic solar deity


太上感應篇

ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄧㄥˋ ㄆㄧㄢ

Тайшан Ганьин Пянь

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ iŋ⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ sœːŋ²² kɐm³⁵ jɪŋ³³ pʰiːn⁵⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ sœːŋ²² kɐm³⁵ jɪŋ³³ pʰiːn⁵⁵/

Chapters on Action and Response According to the Most High (a famous Daoist text written in the Song Dynasty)


Anthea

From Ancient Greek ἄνθη (ánthē, “blossom”).

(Greek mythology) The epithet of the Greek goddess Hera


mastaba

From Arabic مِصْطَبَة (miṣṭaba, “bench”).

A wooden shutter which closes down at night-time, and by day two palm-stick stools intensely dirty and full of fleas, occupying the place of the Mastabah or earthern bench, which accomodated[sic] purchasers, complete the furniture of my preceptor's establishment.

1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover, published 1963, page 68:

A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East.


mastaba

mastaba (nominative singular)
mastaby (nominative plural)
mastaby (genitive singular)
mastab (genitive plural)
mastabie (dative singular)
mastabom (dative plural)
mastabę (accusative singular)
mastaby (accusative plural)
mastabą (instrumental singular)
mastabami (instrumental plural)
mastabie (locative singular)
mastabach (locative plural)
mastabo (singular vocative)
mastaby (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Arabic مِصْطَبَة (miṣṭaba).

bor+

(archaeology) mastaba (rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land)


joss stick

For instance, Hawkins, Lewis, Hankin and Sengupta all cover the word agarbatti, an incense stick or joss stick, but there is no way of knowing when this term was first used in Indian English, nor whether it is now current or obsolete.

2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 300:

A stick of incense, especially (China Taoism, Buddhism, etc.) those burned as an offering before a Chinese shrine.