hymn的词源
英文词源
- hymn
- hymn: [13] For the ancient Greeks, a húmnos was a ‘song of praise’ – but not necessarily a religious one. It could be used to celebrate the deeds of heroes as well as to compliment the gods. However, the Greek Septuagint uses it to render various Hebrew words meaning ‘song praising God’, and it was this meaning that was carried via Latin hymnus and Old French ymne into English as imne (the spelling hymn is a 16thcentury latinization).
- hymn (n.)
- c. 1000, from Old French ymne and Old English ymen, both from Latin hymnus "song of praise," from Greek hymnos "song or ode in praise of gods or heroes," used in Septuagint for various Hebrew words meaning "song praising God." Possibly a variant of hymenaios "wedding song," from Hymen, Greek god of marriage (see hymen), or from a PIE root *sam- "to sing" (cognates: Hittite išhamai "he sings," Sanskrit saman- "hymn, song") [Watkins]. Evidence for the silent -n- dates from at least 1530.
中文词源
hymn（赞美诗）：婚礼时向婚礼之神唱的赞歌
信仰宗教的人经常会向神灵祈祷，以求神灵的福佑。在向神灵祈祷时，不能单纯地向神灵 提出自己的心愿，还必须先拍拍神灵的马屁，给它大唱赞歌。这种向神灵祈祷时所唱的赞歌就是hymn。英语单词hymn源自希腊语hymnos，原意就是 “赞美神灵或英雄的颂歌”。有些专家认为，hymn与希腊神话中的婚礼之神hymen有关。在古希腊，人们在举办婚礼时，当新娘入场时会高唱给hymen 的颂歌，以求hymen保佑新人们婚姻幸福，因此hymn可能指唱给hymen的颂歌。
hymn：[hɪm]n.颂歌，赞美诗，圣歌v.唱赞美诗
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来自拉丁语hymnus,颂歌，来自希腊语hymnos,赞美神或英雄的颂诗，颂歌，来自PIE*sam,吟唱。
来源于拉丁语hymnus, -i, m赞美诗
