Of the above, Nos. 1, 2, 4, 11, and 13 are mere mechanical devices, not figures of speech, though, for convenience, usually included under this term. 19. DOUBLETS: words differing in form, but etymologically one and the same. E.g. Benison and benediction; extraneous and strange; paralysis and palsy. 20. HOMONYMS: words which are spelt alike, but differ considerably in meaning. E.g. spell, an incantation, a thin slip of wood, a turn of work, to tell the names of letters. So beetle, lay, &c. 21. SYNONYMS: words having nearly the same meaning. E.g. Begin and commence; idle and lazy; slothful and indolent. 22. HYBRID: a word that is made up from two (or more) different languages: as bankrupt—bank being a Teutonic word, whilst -rupt is from the Latin. Cp. interwove, architrave, &c. EXTRA NOTES, MOSTLY ETYMOLOGICAL. ambitious (41), aspiring: originally, ambitio was the going about of candidates for office at Rome seeking votes; canvassing. (L. ambi, and itum, to go.) Archangel (600), lit. chief angel or messenger. (Gk.) Cp. architect (732), chief builder. conclave (795), originally a locked-up place. (L. clavis, a key.) disastrous (597), unfavourable. In the language of Astrology, a disaster was due to the stars. (Gk. astron, a star.) So 'influence' denoted the power which stars exerted on human affairs, 'that which flowed upon us'. A jovial person was born under' Jove, and was therefore of a cheerful disposition. ensign (536), a standard. (L. insignis, remarkable; from in, and signum, a mark: hence 'having a mark on it'. Skeat.) entrance (301), to put into a trance or swoon, to cause to become unconscious. (L. transitus, a passing away or across.) homicide (417), deadly, murderous. (L. homo, and caedo, kill: cp. fratricide, &c.) legion (632), a large body of soldiers. A Roman legion consisted of from 4200 to 6000 men. magic (727), lit. the science of the magi, wise men who interpreted dreams among the Persians. meteor (537), a conspicuous fiery body in the sky. (Gk. 'something raised aloft'.) mood (in Dorian Mood, 550), denotes the character of the music-grave, soothing, stirring, &c., and this depended mainly on (M 46) F the arrangement of the intervals. We now use the term mode (as 'minor mode'). myriad (622), 'ten thousand'. (Gk.) opprobrious (403), full of reproach. (L. opprobrium, disgrace.) oracle (12), a divine utterance; here the place where such utterances are delivered. orgies (415), wild revelry and excesses. (L. orgia, a festival in honour of Bacchus : Gk. orgé, wild emotion or passion.) rhime (16), verse or poetry; from the numerical regularity of the lines. A. S. rím, number. Hence the correct form is rime: the intrusion of the letter h is due to confusion with rhythm. shrine (388), altar: also a costly elaborate tomb; or a place where relics are deposited. (L. scrinium, a chest.) wanton (414), unrestrained, wild. (O. E. wan, lacking, and teón, draw, educate.) 84. SOME PARALLEL PASSAGES FROM THE CLASSICS. "O how fallen! how changed", &c. Cp. Virgil, Aeneid, ii. 274— "Heu mihi, qualis erat! quantum mutatus ab illo !" 94. "Yet not for those .....do I repent", &c. Cp. Eschylus, Prometheus, 991— "Let his gleaming flame be hurled......for none of these things shall bend me. High disdain from sense of injured merit." Cp. Virgil, Aeneid, i. 27— "Manet alta mente repostum Judicium Paridis spretaeque injuriae formae." "The sulphurous hail Shot after us in storm, o'erblown, hath laid Storr compares Sophocles, Ajax, 674— "The blowing of fierce winds leaves the moaning sea asleep." 253. "A mind not to be changed by place or time." 619. 623. 742. Cp. Horace, Epistles, i. xi. 27— "Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt." "Thrice he essayed, and thrice", &c. Cp. Ovid, Metamorphoses, xi. 419— 66 Was not inglorious", &c. "And that strife Cp. Ovid, Metamorphoses, ix. 6— "Nec tam Turpe fuit vinci quam contendesse decorum est." "From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve", &c. Beeching compares Iliad, i. 591, where Hephaestus says— 2. Or, if Sion hill 3. He it was 4. Yet not for those.. 5. O Prince! O chief 6. But what if he..... 7. To be weak 8. If then his providence 9. Thither let us tend. 10. His other parts II. So stretched out 12. Then with expanded 13. Be it so 14. If once they hear 15. Nathless he so. 16. They heard and were 17. As when the 18. The chief were those 19. Next came one 20. For never, since 21. As when the sun 22. Yet faithful how 24. But he who reigns 29. They but now out of Chaos; prose or rhime; I-IO. 10-16. if he opposed; 34-41. and shook his throne; 94-105. in endless misery; 128-142. the gloomy deep; 143-152. whom we resist; 157-162. their destined aim; 162-168. from despair; 183-191. morn delays; 194-208. |