| 单词 |
Siculan |
| 释义 |
Siculan, a. and n.|ˈsɪkjuːlən|
[f. L. Sicul-us, ad. Gr. σικελ-ός (see Sicel n. and a.) + -an.]
A. adj.
a. Archæol. Denoting the Chalcolithic, Bronze, and Iron Ages in Sicily.
b. poet. Sicilian.
B. n. Archæol. A member of a people of Siculan culture. Also Siculian, Siculic.
1896Jrnl. Hellenic Studies XVI. 134 Orsi's investigations during the last seven years have included nearly every period, from the pure stone age with its pre-Siculic indigenous population, to the time of the Christian catacombs... Orsi has been able to follow down to the fifth century B.C. traces of this strange Siculian civilization. 1901G. Seigi Mediterranean Race xiv. 283 The presence..of objects of Mycenean character in the first Siculic period. 1909[see Sicanian a.]. 1928Antiquity II. 145 The veil has been half lifted from the romantic history of the Siculans who lived near Locri Epizephyrii. 1948T. J. Dunbabin Western Greeks i. 40 The Siculan culture of prehellenic Lokroi and kindred sites in Bruttium is not older than the tenth century. 1957Encycl. Brit. XX. 603/2 A few rock-hewn tombs of the first Siculan period have been discovered near Palermo. 1975G. Ewart Be my Guest! ii. 45 Not Siculan feastings sweet will bring forth smell. |
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