aloeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 alwe (“fragrant resin of an East Indian tree”), from Latin aloē, from Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē), from Hebrew אֲהָלִים‎ (ʾăhālîm), ultimately from Tamil அகில் (akil);^[1] reinforced in Middle English by Old French aloes.

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.loʊ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əˈləʊ.i/, /ˈæ.ləʊ/
• 韻: -æləʊ

名詞

aloe (複数形 aloes)

1. (in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.
2. A plant of the genus Aloe.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎^[1]:

     In mercy I put a bullet through his skull, and he fell sprawling among the aloes.

3. A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative.

使用する際の注意点

• Often used in plural (originally under influence of Old French aloes).

派生語

• aloe vera

派生した語

• → Irish: aló
• → Samoan: aloe

参考

• agave
• maguey

Further reading

• aloe on Wikipedia.
• Aloe on Wikispecies.
• Aloe on Wikimedia Commons.

アナグラム

• aole

参照

Latin

語源

From Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē, “aloes”). Ultimately from Tamil அகில் (akil);^[1]

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.eː/, [ˈäɫ̪oeː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.e/, [ˈäːloe]

名詞

aloē f (genitive aloēs); first declension

1. The aloe.
2. The bitter juice produced by the aloe used as a perfume, in medicine and in embalming.
3. (figuratively) Bitterness (in general).

語形変化

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

派生した語

All are borrowed.

参照

• aloe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aloe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aloe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius かつ others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)