oreadとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin Orēas, Orēadis, from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈɔːɹi.æd/

名詞

oread (plural oreads or oreades)

1. (Greek mythology) A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth:

     Under the various appellations of Oreades, Dryades, Naiades, Limniades, Nereides, they dwelt in mountains, trees, springs, lakes, the sea, where, in caverns and grottos, they passed a life whose occupations resembled those of females of human race.

   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 92:

     The imprisoned ringlets are emancipated; 'fresh as the oread from the forest fountain,' you descend—you breathe the incense of the chocolate—not more I hope—and grow conversational and confidential over the green tea, which, with a fragrance beyond all the violets of April, rises to your lip, 'giving and taking odours.'

下位語

• Echo

アナグラム

• O'Dare, Roade, dorea, adore, oared, Rodea, E-road