sybarite的词源
英文词源
- sybarite
- sybarite: [16] Sybaris was an ancient Greek colony in southern Italy. It was a flourishing trading centre, and its inhabitants put their considerable wealth to the service of unrestrained self-indulgence. Their luxurious and debauched ways became a byword in the ancient world, and Greek Subarítēs ‘inhabitant of Sybaris’ came to be synonymous with ‘pleasure-seeker’, and also with ‘lecher’ – both heterosexual and homosexual. English acquired the word via Latin Sybarīta, and has rather toned down its connotations.
- sybarite (n.)
- "person devoted to pleasure," 1590s, literally "inhabitant of Sybaris," ancient Greek town in southern Italy, whose people were noted for their love of luxury. From Latin Sybarita, from Greek Sybarites.
中文词源
sybarite（奢侈淫乐的人）：奢侈淫乐的锡巴里斯人
在古希腊南部城邦中，有一座城市叫做锡巴里斯（Sybaris）。这座城市因富饶与奢糜而闻名于世。他们吃的是珍贵的海鞘，家里养着鹌鹑，喜欢把玫瑰花瓣撒在床上睡觉。甚至因为懒惰，他们还发明了夜壶，并且把夜壶装饰得十分华美，宴会和旅行时都随身携带。这种穷奢极欲最终导致了锡巴里斯的灭亡。据说有次锡巴里斯和邻近一个弱国交战。当双方军队接近时，对方的军鼓手忽然奏起锡巴里斯节日游行时的曲目。锡巴里斯的战马一听到这些乐曲，便整齐地迈开舞步，像梦游一般，根本不听骑兵的使唤。为了在节日游行中显得更优雅，锡巴里斯骑兵队特意把战马训练得可以跟着固定的音乐节拍起舞，没想到这却成了他们的死亡旋律。锡巴里斯灭亡了，却给我们留下了一个英语单词sybarite，它本指锡巴里斯人，现在用来形容奢侈淫乐的人。
sybarite：['sɪbə,raɪt] n.奢侈淫乐的人，纵情享乐的人，锡巴里斯人
sybaritic：[,sɪbə'rɪtɪk] adj.奢侈淫乐的，柔弱的，放纵的
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：sybarite 词源，sybarite 含义。
来自拉丁语 Sybarita,来自希腊语 Sybarites,居住在 Sybaris 城的人，来自 Sybaris,古希腊南部城 市，其居民以贪图享乐，骄奢淫逸著称。
