“demigod”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

demigod

释义

demigod|ˈdɛmɪgɒd|
[demi- 11: rendering L. semideus.]
In ancient mythology, etc.: A being partly of divine nature, as one sprung from the intercourse of a deity and a mortal, or a man raised to divine rank; a minor or inferior deity.
1530Palsgr. 366 What so ever goddes or demye goddes that they be.1580North Plutarch (1676) 278 They did sacrifice..unto the demy-gods, Androcrates..and Polyidus.1596Shakes. Merch. V. iii. ii. 115 What demie God Hath come so neere creation?1667Milton P.L. i. 796 The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim..A thousand Demy-Gods on golden seats, Frequent and full.1712Pope Vertumnus 75 A thousand sylvans, demigods, and gods That haunt our mountains.1874Sayce Compar. Philol. viii. 307 The gods and demi-gods of pagan antiquity.1878Emerson Misc. Papers, Fort. of Repub. Wks. (Bohn) III. 388 Arkwright and Whitney were the demi-gods of cotton.

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