sebastianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin Sebastiānus, name of an early Christian saint, from ancient city of Sebaste in Asia Minor (modern Sivas, Turkey), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós, “august, venerable, exalted”), itself a translation of the Roman title Augustus.

発音

• IPA: /səˈbæst͡ʃən/
• (英国発音, Australia, New Zealand) IPA: /sɪˈbæsti.ən/
• (Australian, New Zealand) IPA: (variant) /sɪˈbæs.tʃən/
• ハイフネーション: Se‧bas‧ti‧an

固有名詞

Sebastian

1. A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
   • c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     Of Messaline: Sebastian was my father; / Such a Sebastian was my brother too, / So went he suited to his watery tomb.

   • 1968, Robin Maugham, The Second Window, McGraw - Hill, page 275:

     I was hoping the man would have some romantic name like Sebastian or Julian. However, as a surname Fletcher's all right.

   • 2016, Nathan Hill, The Nix: A novel, Vintage, →ISBN, page 596:

     “She was a new student. I was a counterculture hero. Back then I went by a different name. Sebastian. Sexy, right? And so much better than Guy. You can't be a counterculture hero and a Guy. That name is way too average. […]

2. A town in the City of Greater Bendigo and the Shire of Loddon, central Victoria, Australia.
3. A place in the United States:
   1. A city in Indian River County, Florida.
   2. An unincorporated community in Marion Township, Mercer County, Ohio.
   3. A census-designated place in Willacy County, Texas.

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• bassanite, sabatines, basanites