pons asinorum

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A method for finding the middle term of a syllogism in Aristotlean analytics.
  2. An obstacle which will defeat a beginner or foolish person.
  3. A proposition in Euclid stating that the angles at the base of an isoceles triangle are equal.
    — [H]e had scarce advanced beyond the Pons Asinorum, when his ardour abated, the test of truth by demonstration did not elevate him to those transports of joy with which his preceptor had regaled his expectation; and before he arrived at the fortieth and seventh proposition, he began to yawn drearily […].

词形变化

pontes asinorum plural

词源

From New Latin pons asinorum, from Latin pōns (“bridge”) + genitive plural of asinus (“donkey”). Literally, “bridge of donkeys”.
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