Rammとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-Germanic *rammaz.

発音

• IPA: /rɑmm/, [rɑm]

名詞

ramm m

1. ram (animal)
   • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year

     Ðǣre sunnan ġēar is ꝥ hēo beyrne þone miċlan ċircul zōdiacum, ⁊ ġecume under ǣlċ þǣra twelf tācna. Ǣlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tācna. Ān þǣra tācna ys ġehāten ariēs, ꝥ is ramm; ōðer taurus, ꝥ is fearr; ðridda geminī, ꝥ synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, ꝥ is crabba; fīfta lēo; syxta virgō, ꝥ is mǣden; seofoða lībra, þæt is pund oððe wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, ꝥ is þrōwend; nigoða is sagittārius, ꝥ is sċytta; tēoða ys capricornus, ꝥ is buccan horn, oððe bucca; endlyfta is aquārius, ꝥ is wætergyte, oððe þe þe wæter ġȳt; twelfte is piscēs, ꝥ synd fixas.

     A year of the sun is when she passes around the Zodiac circle and moves under each of the twelve signs. Each month runs under one of the signs. The first of the signs is called aries, that is "ram"; the second is taurus, that is "bull"; the third is gemini, that is "twins"; the fourth is cancer, that is "crab"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is "virgin"; the seventh is libra, that is "pound" or "scales"; eighth is scorpious, that is "scorpion"; ninth is sagittarius, that is "shooter"; tenth is capricornus, that is "he-goat's horn" or "he-goat"; eleventh is aquarius, that is "pouring water" or "one that pours water"; twelfth is pisces, that is "fishes."

2. battering ram
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones De Arte Grammatica Anglice

     Sume synd omonima, id sunt vnivoca, ða ġetācniað mā þinga mid ānre clypunge: ariēs byð ram betwux sċēapum and ram tō wealġeweorce, and ariēs ys ān ðāra twelf tācna.

     Some words signify multiple things with one name: aries is a ram among sheep and a ram for taking down walls, and Aries is a sign of the Zodiac.

語形変化

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派生した語

• Middle English: ramme, ram, rom
  • English: ram
  • Scots: ram