geis

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of geas (“a mystical injunction: a prohibition, or obligation/compulsion”).
    — [In] 36a we read that there was (19) a geis upon ships to leave the 'port' of Athens till someone had defeated Atalanta in a running race. The nature and function of the geis that lay upon objects appears to better advantage, however, in one of the stories about Ailill Dock-Ear.
  2. plural of gei form-of,plural

词形变化

geises plural geasa plural

词源

Etymology tree
Irish geisbor.
English geis
Borrowed from Irish geis.
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