homo Aristophaneus

名词 n.
/ˈhɒməʊ æɹɪsˌtɒfəˈniːəs/|/ˈhəʊ-/    /ˈhɑmoʊ æɹɪsˌtɑfəˈniəs/|/ˈhoʊ-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person with the characteristics and nature depicted in the comedies of the ancient Athenian playwright Aristophanes (c. 446 – c. 386 B.C.E.) as a literary figure, rather than a historically accurate Athenian person; an Aristophanic man. rare,singular,singular-only
    — Lest we exaggerate the difference between classes in real life, let us remember that our problem is essentially literary, not sociological: to explain the difference not between real peasants and real aristocrats, but between homo Aristophaneus and homo Platonicus.
    Hellenic Heritage: Proceedings of the 2nd Riga International Hellenistic Conference

词源

PIE word
*dʰéǵʰōm
Learned borrowing from Latin homō Aristophanēus (literally “Aristophanean man”), not attested in Latin works: homō (“human being, person”) + Aristophanēus (“of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Aristophanes or his works”), possibly influenced by French homo aristophaneus (1951) and German homo aristophaneus (1959) which are attested earlier than the English term.
Homō is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth; human”); Aristophanēus is borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρῐστοφᾰ́νειος (Arĭstophắneios, “of Aristophanes”), from Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νης (Ărĭstophắnēs) (from ᾰ̓́ρῐστος (ắrĭstos, “best”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to be suitable, fit; to fix, put together”)) + -φανής (-phanḗs, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘appearing, seeming’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”))) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘belonging or pertaining to’).
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