epic的词源

英文词源

epic (adj.)

1580s, "pertaining to or constituting a lengthy heroic poem," via Middle French épique or directly from Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos "a word; a tale, story; promise, prophecy, proverb; poetry in heroic verse," from PIE *wekw- "to speak" (see voice (n.)). Extended sense of "grand, heroic" first recorded in English 1731. From 1706 as a noun in reference to an epic poem, "A long narrative told on a grand scale of time and place, featuring a larger-than-life protagonist and heroic actions" [Miller Williams, "Patterns of Poetry"]. Earlier as "an epic poet" (1630s).

中文词源

epic：史诗

来自PIE*wekw, 说，叙述，词源同voice, invoke.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：epic 词源，epic 含义。

epic：史诗

词根-ep-指“说”，同根词：epos（叙事诗）、epopee（叙事诗）、orthoepy（正音学）；Calliope是希腊神话中司雄辩和叙事诗的女神，其中-op-是-ep-的变体。关于orthoepy（正音学），前缀ortho-指“正，直”，如orthodontist（牙齿矫正医师）、orthogonal（直角的）。