fauna的词源

英文词源

fauna

fauna: [18] Fauna was a Roman goddess of the countryside, sister of Faunus (the Roman equivalent of Greek Pan) who was a nature and fertility god worshipped by shepherds, farmers, etc. The Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus applied her name in 1746 to his catalogue of the animals of Sweden, Fauna suecica ‘Swedish Fauna’, and it has been used since then as a collective term for the animal life of a region (one of the earliest records of its use in English is by the naturalist Gilbert White in 1771). (Faunus, source of English faun [14], may be related ultimately to Latin favēre ‘regard favourably’, source of English favour.)
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fauna (n.)

1771, "the total of the animal life of a certain region or time, from Late Latin Fauna, a rustic Roman fertility goddess who was wife, sister, or daughter (or some combination) of Faunus (see faun).

Popularized by Linnaeus, who adopted it as a companion word to flora and used it in the title of his 1746 catalogue of the animals of Sweden, "Fauna Suecica." First used in English Gilbert White (1720-1793) the parson-naturalist.

中文词源

fauna（动物群）：罗马神话中的畜牧农林神法乌努斯

法乌努斯（Faunus） 是罗马神话中的畜牧农林神，相当于希腊神话中的潘（Pan）。他是一个半人半羊的怪物，上半身是人的脸和手，但脸上长有羊角；下半身是羊，长有羊蹄和浓密 的毛发。他掌管森林、放牧、畜牧、植物、原野、丛林，受到农民和牧人的广泛崇拜。法乌努斯擅长吼叫和预言。他的吼声能使人们陷入恐慌，使战场上的军队惊慌 逃跑。他的预言能力更为出名，传说阿波罗的预言能力就是跟他学的。

英语单词fauna就来自法乌努斯的名字Faunus，表示“动物群”，常用于学术范畴。

fauna：['fɔːnə]n.动物群，动物区系

faunistic：[fɔ'nɪstɪk] adj.动物区系的

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：fauna 词源，fauna 含义。

fauna：动物群

来自拉丁语Fauna, Faunua的妻子，姐妹或女儿。-a, 表阴性。瑞典植物学家林奈借用该词来指动物群，以与植物群flora相匹配。